Journal #2

Journal #2
Justin Hardman and David Carpenter, "Breathing Fire into 2.0"
This is an interesting article found on ISTE.org about the use of collaboration for teachers. This seems to go beyond the usual mass emails that take up all of your space on your account, making it hard to recognize a message other than the mass email. This discusses a system that can connect thousands of teachers to a site that can help them communicate better. There would seem to be an online electronic portfolio, also the use of classroom management aide. I think it is neat to see this program of inter connection for teacher. It is so necessary. I like that you can have a link to your own personal portfolio where other teachers can look at some assignments and or lesson plans that you have done. That is cool, something that I see myself doing in the years to come. Carpenter says, “it is as if each teachers file cabinet was open and the other teachers have access to all of their files”. I am sure that it is hard to be so open with other colleagues about your work. However, I think that collaboration like this is so necessary. The other neat link is the ability to have access to communication with parents with something like Dragon net. It seems like training in Dragon net will be a great tool to help students grow. Is there ability for growth and expansion within a system like dragon net? The authors assure the reader that there is at the end of the article. They say what seems to be a single file sharing and calendar for an international school system has become world famous. After reading the article what seems to be the main use of a system like dragonet? The aide of Classrooms management, curriculum development, and the sharing of electronic portfolios. How can you use this system to teach students. Well after school you can look at it and find some notes from another teacher about a subject that you are going over. You might find a better way to present the information this way.