Pinedale+Elementary

Pinedale's Website
 * **Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by: Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum** ||
 * **Book Study** || **Reader's Response** ||
 * Chapter 1 New World, New Web, New Skills

Chapter 2 Students and Learning

Chapter 3 New Tools || Learning about the Web 2.0 tools begins in Pre-Kindergarten. Students are able to use the interactive board, and begin the foundation on which technology skills are built. The biggest problem is that these skills are not necessarily important to other grade level teachers. ||
 * Chapter 4 New Tools in Schools

Chapter 5 Professional Development

Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools ||  ||
 * Chapter 7 Online Safety Security

Chapter 8 Systemic Issues

Chapter 9 New Schools || ====

Chapter 7

 * The author Assumes that all teachers, administrators, parents, and students understand the extent of copyright laws.
 * ...Agree with giving cyber-awareness survey, importance of educating students on what constitutes stealing
 * ...Argue with only teachers needing to help students use the internet appropriately. Parents need to have knowledge of safe internet use and help their children.
 * ...Aspire to get students their own email addresses, giving them access to programs such as googledocs, wikispaces, and other programs that require email addresses, especially since students don't have access to internet at home.

Chapter 8

 * Assumptions** - Schools have the necessary equipment to accomodate students. That all students will have a positive learning experience and be able to learn thru the use of technology.


 * Agree** - The uses of different technologies and e-portfolios can be useful.


 * Aruge** - nothing
 * Aspire** - Use of podcasting and blogs or wikispaces for parent interaction

Chapter 9

 * Assumptions**: that the world of technology will and needs to continue be integrated into society as well as education


 * Agree**: we agree that applications should be open sourced; that text and applications should be available on-line


 * Argue**: the availability of hardware to all students both in and out of the classroom


 * Aspire**: we want to find a way to enable all learners in and out of the classroom with technology so that all information can be web based ||