Things 5 & 6

School 2.0 offers the opportunity for teachers to open many new avenues for their students education. Discussions between teachers of different nationalities are possible and the global educational door is opened. Learning what and how students of other countries are learning is exciting to me and I think that my students would be interested and excited to be involved in a learning project with a class from across the world. School 2.0 and Web 2.0 tools help to make this possibility a reality. Schools in the future will benefit as technology progresses. These tools are beneficial to educators, students and their parents. Parents can be as involved with their child's ongoing projects as they want to be.

I joined wetpaint from our list of Web 2.0 tools and installed a wiki on the sidebar of my blog. This site has everything. You can blog, chat, join educational communities and link it to your facebook page if you want. It is very easy to sign up and it is free. There is a video tab and you can add your own video or view videos from all over the world. Click on the tabs at the top of the wiki and you can get an idea of how wetpaint works and what it offers.

I especially like the videos tab because it offers lots of choices. You will need to be selective with how you allow your students to use the site, but for classroom viewing it is a useful tool. For example, I want to teach history and there is an excellent video of the Bill of Rights. You can also create your own website. This could be used for a class project for almost any age group. Wetpaint has excellent instructions, so creating the site is easy.