Learning in a Virtual Environment Part II

For Week 3 we read the article about the teacherlivinin Thomasboro who published an article cutting down her school as being a
The next thing we worked on was completing a Facebook account.  I think it is a popular site because it is user-friendly.  But there again there were different ideas in discussion.  What is easy for one person can be difficult for another. I have begun communicating with a sister in Michigan and have found an old high school buddy with the help of Facebook.  I think the positive outweigh the negative.

Dr. Hibbert asked the class to then list some application we reviewed on Facebook and I reviewed Zoo World and found it great fun for young kids. I also recommend Boxnet and Quiz Monster.  Qiz monsters is a challenging way to children to work on puzzles online. These applications could be harnessed for learning as well as a close online community.  Also, I think it would be good for parents and guardians of emotionally or physically challenged children to have a place to communicate with each other such as a chat room. In this way, they would help provide solutions for mutual difficulties that are encountered within school especially.  It would help to monitor students and provide a good healthy outlet for them. Again, though, discretion is needed on the web. I would name it SpecialEdSolutions.com.
 The idea of discussion is to respond to classmates, ask questions, provide suggestions and real and insightful feedback. Students basically compare and contrast statements from other students
       
The next item we worked on was completing a Facebook account.  I think it is a popular site because it is user-friendly.  But then, again, there were different ideas in discussion.  What is easy for one person can be difficult for another. I have begun communicating with a sister in Michigan and have found an old high school buddy with the help of Facebook.  I think the positive outweigh the negative as long as you are careful.

Dr. Hibbert asked the class to then list some application we reviewed on Facebook and I reviewed Zoo World and found it great fun for young kids. I also recommend Boxnet and Quiz Monster.  Quiz monsters is a challenging way to children to work on puzzles online. These applications can be harnessed for learning as well as a close online community.  Also, I think it would be good for parents and guardians of emotionally or physically challenged children to have a place to communicate with each other such as a chat room. In this way, they would help provide solutions for mutual difficulties that are encountered within school especially.  It would help to monitor students and provide a good healthy outlet for them. Again, though, discretion is needed on the web. I would name it SpecialEdSolutions.com.
The main idea of discussion is to respond to classmates, ask questions, provide suggestions and real and insightful feedback. Students basically compare and contrast statements from other students and ususally it is interesting.