WHAT?!?!

Last night, after cooking, serving, and refereeing dinner I had a moment to reflect on yesterday's faculty meeting presentation. Let's just say, I've done better. Admittedly, yesterday was one of those days where I often said, "I need to go back to bed and start all over again". So, in true "challenge day" fashion, my reflections caused a small panic. What did I say? Did it make sense? Well, today is a better day so I'm going to put a better foot forward. We reviewed a few links that appear on this blog so that I could show a few of the really cool and FREE Web 2.0 tools that teachers can use. It was quick...maybe too quick....and perhaps not so clear. As promised though, I am going to review each link to give you more of a snapshot before you dive in. I'm hoping that regardless of my impaired state yesterday, you will beat me to the punch and go exploring without a tour guide!

Before jumping to reviews, though, I wanted to reiterate a few things about yesterday's presentation. The goal was to emphasize the following points:
1. Technology is ever changing and at a very rapid pace
2. Since technology changes so rapidly, we are all in the "I don't know" boat
3. Our children can and do master technology faster than we do
4. Regardless of #'s 1-3, there are things we can do to leverage technology in the classroom that are FREE and easy.

Stay tuned for the first review. Oh yeah, it will appear before this post unless I figure out how to make this one first. Hmmmm, I love a challenge!