Module 9

I was not familiar with the Scootle website prior to undertaking the Web 2 course even though I think I was supposed to sign up last year! ( Sorry Matt!) It will prove an excellent tool for teaching both English and History. There are a vast array of resources which will be stimulating and informative for the students and obviates the age old problem of 'reinventing the wheel' when it comes to resourcing units of work. It will also cause me to 'rethink' the way I teach units as I tend to rely on the tried and true methods rather being more adventurous and adopting new approaches.

I'm still a bit hazy on Second Life and can't see myself using it at this stage. I will endeavour to become more familiar with it further down the track as I can see its potential use in English.

Social networking... Facebook...Twitter... For a person who has yet to text anyone on a mobile (Refer Module 1) these tools are definitely not for me. I can't see how I would ever effectively employ them in the classroom or in my personal life. There are simply too many negative issues surrounding Facebook currently and Web 2 has provided me such a wide variety of fantastic new tools that I'll leave this type of social networking to those who obviously enjoy it.