Technology+Belief+Part+2

Use Web 2.0 tools to promote teacher-student and teacher-parent communication. Understand how wikispaces supports technology for communication.

**Technology Belief Part 2**
1. In your group you will need a team leader, writer and spokes person. 2. Each member of the team should summarize their article the writer in each team should jot down notes of the most pertinent facts. 3. After each teams discussion of the articles answer the 5 questions below. The writer should jot down all answers. 4. After the discussion of the articles and answers to the questions develop a 1-2 sentence summary wrapping all what was learned and discussed in a 1-2 sentence summary The writer should write it out. 5. In conclusion, discuss as a team how this information fits with your own beliefs regarding using technology in the classroom and for student learning.
 * Technology Beliefs Discussion**

1. Do you believe that computer technology should be used in the classroom? Why or why not?
 * Questions to Answer:**

2. What are the benefits of using computer technology in the classroom?

3. What are the drawbacks of using computer technology in the classroom?

4. What are your own personal barriers to using technology in the classroom?

5. What are two goals that you could work toward this semester to overcome those barriers?

Your wiki should meet the following requirements:
 * Wiki Page Assignment**
 * Invite your group members to your wiki, give them editing privileges.
 * Each member of group: create a page, name it **//Technology Belief//**
 * Leader only: Type the following on the wikipage.
 * Name of each member in the group
 * Answers to the questions
 * 1-2 sentence summary
 * Conclusion how all what was discussed fits with team own set of beliefs using technology in the classroom and for student learning.
 * In each wiki you will need to, link to the wikipage that was typed by group leader.

Then using **Wordle** we will make and attach a graphic representation of your summary. This can be used on your landing page for the Technology Belief.

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 * 1) Go to Wordle.net
 * 2) Press Create, then cut and paste in your 1-2 sentence summary, press go....
 * 3) When you save to the public gallery (you can delete later), at the bottom there is an embed code. Use that to put it into your wiki using the gadget tool.

How to: Wordle Wikispaces