Web 2.0 Educator

I read various posts from Vicki Davis' Cool Cat Blog. Her first post, which I found very interesting had a video clip from YouTube of the Blue Man Group. They were making music by beating on hollow pipes with drum sticks. Vicki related this to how teachers make beautiful music without resources. She said that having a lack of resources should be viewed as an opportunity, not a curse. It gives teachers a chance to be creative. After I read a few of Vicki's posts I determined that she is a very inspirational teacher who cares a lot about others. She wrote a blog about her friend who is an amputee and completed an iron man. She posted videos of him and seemed very proud. One of her blogs was asking people to donate $10.00 to a school in Cambodia that has minimal technological resources. She has already raised $16,000. In another blog, Vicki discusses the importance of blogs and technology in classrooms.

Vicki definitely supports technology in all classrooms, and she has an excellent blog. She kept discussing how effective she thinks blogs are in the classroom. I definitely agree. I just started blogging because of this class and I do not know why more of my teachers do not utilize them. It is a great way to view classmates' work and get criticism on your own work. I really enjoyed Vicki's blog and would consider going back to it sometime to read more posts.