Monday Monday

Well, we have reached mod 4 - the exploration of a Web 2.0 tool. I checked out the sites that were offered. I spent quite a bit of time exploring on Kathy Schrock's site. Again, I feel stupid because there is so much out there that I don't know how to use.
I looked at Yugma, which is a web-conferencing site. Really cool. I just don't live in that world and don't see that I would use it much. But, it's free for the most part and it might be something we could use in the future.
I also looked and Ning. I have read about it before and I hear people talking about Ning quite often. Since I am not a Facebook person, I don't easily relate to Ning. It quotes itself as a social networking site - kind of like Linkedin. I don't see myself using that.
So, onto an educational application. I am going to dig deep into one of the Wiki sites like Wetpaint, PBwiki, or Wikispaces. I really want to see what we could do with them in a class situation. I am looking for something I can share with my teachers as well.

I liked the story from last week out of New Jersey where the middle school principal tried to limit kids access to Facebook. He said that no kid should have it and urged parents to step in. That was interesting. Now schools are policing out of school behavior too!