Journal 1

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Using web based applications in the classroom can be fun and be a great way to teach students in this new age of technology. The fact that students can work together and collaborate on several types of web based application is an awesome way for them to interact and socialize with one another. Now knowing that there are many web based applications online that are free gives us the freedom to use these tools to our discretion. Blogging, social book marking, and photo sharing are some of the new web based applications that teachers have access to online. I believe these new tools can help students become creative, interactive and collaborative in the classroom.
Blogging can be a very important tool in a classroom. Especially in a science class to record what happens in a monthly or weekly basis can be crucial in many experiments. Blogging can make the students aware of other student’s progress and it also gives them a way to share information with one another. By interacting and collaborating with other students it creates a social network and a fun way to learn from your peers.

How could I see my self using these web based applications in my future classroom?

I would love to introduce these new web based applications in my classroom. Especially having blogs on a daily or weekly basis, because it gives the students an opportunity to interact with another and work together to complete their assignments and it is also fun. Sharing photos online can also be a great way for them to visually see each others photos, and to how they use photos in their homework, reports and presentations.

How can we use these technologies be entered in the classroom without costs?

One way is to probably go into the computer lab once a week to use the computers. The majority of the web based applications are available online for free. So this is a new technology that costs the schools nothing and is very effective.