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__WE ARE THE WEB - 4/1/08__ It's true we are the web. After reading this article, I've come to the conclusion that I should have invested in some of these major Internet companies like google and yahoo. I think the point was really, who would have thought... Who would have thought it would come this far and where it would be going. Everything described in the article from Internet shopping to BitTorrent are reasons I use the internet. It's remarkable that the web has only been around for less then 15 years and it is as powerful a tool as a hammer and nail.

__21st Century Literacy 4/8/08__ My opinion of 21st centuary literacy is as follows... Textbooks and librarys are outdated. Teachers and parents are secondary. In todays day in age information streams from the Internet. If we can teach our students how to teach themselves by way of Internet we can be successful in meeting the needs of all students. Meaning that if we can teach the students to be able to tell the difference between a credible source and a source that may be tainted by people without factual knowledge, we can be successful.

__VOICE THREAD 4/15/08__ http://voicethread.com/share/108242/

__The Shifts & politics 21 May 2008 03:36 pm Blogging’s Impact on Politics and Teaching Politics__

The reason I chose this post is because there are not many things that are more important then suporting and understanding our government. The fact that we have all of these online sources for news and politics should be used in every social studies classroom either on a daily or weekly basis. It's almost like if we begin to brainwash students into watching political debates on a regular basis they will continue to do so for the rest of their lives. Unfortunatly, to impliment this into the classroom is very difficult to do becasue of state curriculum requirements and testing.

__At 7:57am on May 28th, 2008, Easy to Teach isn’t Easy to Learn__

What I like about this article is that were teaching an old dog new tricks. I think that it's really important that we keep coming up with new ways to learn, and the fact that she learned from her son really shows that anyone can be a teacher. What I don't really care for is the fact that she really want's to learn. My problem with that is that as a teacher of high school studnets our problem is not finding the content it's finding the desire and motivation to learn.

__FINAL PRESENTATION 6-5-08__ 