In Classroom 2.0 I watched an introductory presentation. It allowed me to watch the creator of the site navigate, answer questions, and discuss with others their use of the site. It was long, but I feel that it gave me a lot of insight for an hour long tour. It would have taken me much longer to learn that much on my own. I saw how groups are formed and discussions are started and tagged. I also learned how to have conversations on the net about various topics and in all sorts of ways. As far as use in my teaching, I am not so sure that I am ready for this type of site. I like wikis and pageflakes better, so I will probably start out with those. They seem to be a little more in line with the teaching of mathematics.
This investigation has also opened a door for me to finally look into joining facebook. My best friend has one with all of his family pics on it and is trying to twist my arm to join facebook. Maybe I will take that step, because this is interesting stuff.
I also looked into an eductional ning, but it appeared to be VERY similar to Classroom 2.0. I could not find much of interest there.
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