Post 27: Importance

I think it is important for student's to be involved with today's technology and grasp the learning tools that are sitting at the finger tips! There is a world out there that some have no idea exists... the internet. Can you imagine being one of those people- a person who has never been online? Student's should get the oppurtunity to express themselves online and explore the world from their own classroom. Their are all sorts of things students could do on igoogle... such as add tabs to their igoogle homepage that lets them access cool things like Amazine Photos of Places to See Before you Die or the Weather Forecasts, Educations Games, and more! There are endless amounts of educational tools that can be added to one's igoogle page including a link to their teacher's, classmate's or their very own blog on blogger!
On blogger teacher can not only keep parents and students updated on classroom activities and assignments, but student's can express themselves through partaking in writing assignments by blogging. Teacher's can give out writing topics or sites for student's to visit online and then have them write a blog entry about them. Another neat place student's can be part of is facebook. Facebook could be the beginning of a student's very own personal learning network. They can keep in touch with student's all over the world- not just in their own schools.