As our class is wrapping up, this is our last week of blogging (for class, anyway). I wanted to go back to something that caught my eye in the Teachers for Tomorrow Blog that was introduced to us in class. It's Gary Hayes' Social Media Counts and the numbers are just fascinating. I'm not sure why the numbers are moving and it says October 2010, but regardless of the actual numbers, the point has been made - the vast usage of social media sites and tools is amazing, considering they didn't exist just a few years ago. I really enjoyed looking at the +1 year tab...now that is mind boggling to me! It's the numbers behind the whole discussion of Web 2.0 tools and technology in education. We have a plethora of opportunities available to us as educators and our challenge will be to understand and use the technology in a manner that enhances the learning process. Just take a look at those numbers!
Source: Teachers for Tomorrow Blog, Retrieved on December 8, 2010 from:
Hi Sue:
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting the interesting statistics from Gary Hayes' Social Media Counts. I totally agree with your statement, "It's the numbers behind the whole discussion of Web 2.0 tools and technology in education. We have a plethora of opportunities available to us as educators and our challenge will be to understand and use the technology in a manner that enhances the learning process." This is an exciting time to be a teacher and/or student. In the spring 2011 semester, I plan to enroll in IDE 761: Stratgies in Educational Project Management that is going to be investigating the educational use and application of a series of Web 2.0 technologies in-depth. I expect to learn a lot in this upcoming class, I am so excited!!!!
~Aja
Aja,
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great class - I hope you enjoy it!