Instructional Technology

As a school administrator and instructional leader, I would expect many of the new web 2.0 technologies to be integrated into the curriculum process and the curriculum itself. Schools should begin to share their curriculum online in settings such as Wikis and Dynamic shared websites, like Google sites. The curriculum constantly needs to be reviewed by many people and having it on the computer of the administrator doesn't facilitate the process. If the documents are online, teachers will be able to more readily access it and add ideas such as was to integrate technology in certain areas of the curriculum. The tested part of the curriculum could have shared results from various teachers about which strategies worked and why. The internet is a wonderful way to share information to many people in a variety of formats. The curriculum is such an important document of any school that it necessitates everyone needing access to it making it a perfect match with the new web 2.0 technologies.

There are loads of Web 2.0 application out there, many of which, can be used readily in the classroom to enhance instruction. Google and its applications is an exhausting list which grows every week. Some of its more popular uses are its email application for communication, the sites to create websites that can also act like wikis, blogger for blogging, Google calendar to share events with the community and Google docs for creating and sharing dynamic spreadsheets, word documents, presentations and other files. For math students, there is ALEKS, which helps students learn interactively at their own pace on the internet. RazKids is a wonderful sight for helping students read at their level and also record their own reading voice. The site even has an assessment where the students earn coins to buy things. There are many others tools too, so keep searching!

Here is a link to a nice article about Web 2.0 apps.