2.0 in education
Slightly off-topic, but semi-relevant news from eSchool News Online. A new report came out today identifying the six emerging technologies educators need to be watching.
These technologies will be greatly impacting education as we know it in the next 1-5 years.
The trends are:
• User-created content
• Social networking
• Mobile phones
• Virtual worlds
• New scholarship and emerging forms of publication
• Massively multiplayer educational gaming
Many of these are the same new technologies we are working to adapt in libraries. The article focuses on how these new technologies can be integrated into the classroom - and I think these can be applied to the library as well. With virtual classrooms and libraries in Second Life, the ability to push short quizzes and news via cell phone, and the virtual social networking available to students (their need to find ‘the’ expert or a community leader, social network sites make these people more accessible than ever), the options are endless.
The article is available at the eSchool News site and is free with registration.
Melissa Frank Mar 7
I have just recently discovered the “web 2.0″ world and I think some of the tools out there work really well in regard to education. I have finally realized the power of RSS (alas, now I know what it stands for…) and I also found a cool site at http://student.pageflakes.com a while ago. It’s a free tool and it seems pretty neat.
Best regards from California
Melissa