Digging Deeper Into Classroom 2.0
Posted by Steve Denniston on May 9th, 2008
The other day, I briefly mentioned the social networking site called Classroom 2.0. There are several resources on the front page alone to keep yourself informed, but in particular, I found the Resources Wiki link to be the highlight of the site.
Because it is a social networking site that depends on input from people all over the world, there are sections that are not yet completed. However, there is still plenty of information to get started and the categories are relevant to classroom situations. Note on the left column that there are 32 categories, including links for blogging, collaborative resources (documents, idea maps, spreadsheets), Google Earth, photo sharing and social resources such as bookmarking, networking and note-taking. Each category includes information to the same basic questions:
- Uses For (category) In Education
- What (category) Does For Students
- Lesson Plans and Ideas
- Active Discussion Page
- Specific Program Links (found some new web sites here)
- (Category) Resources
- Wiki Resources (related to category)
- Podcast Resources (related to category)
- Other Website Links
- Article Links
- Books
- Videos, and
- Additional Resources
While reviewing these resources, I was introduced to the concept of Collaborative Web Trails. There may be a lot of potential with this idea in the classroom.