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​ Update On The Readings As I was reading this weeks material, a few words kept repeating over and over again. The words that is repeated are: technology, Web 2.0 tools, student-centered learning, 21st century students and learning, and interaction among peers. The "Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools" brings you mentally to a new teaching lifestyle in an everday classroom. One of the quotes in this book states,"They can interact with information online and connect instantly to relevant content that is also engaging and malleable. Students can collaborate on projects, consult learning by reading other students' posted work as a starting point for their own research and link back to it. The process fulfills the concept of leveraging collective intelligence in a community-building environment." To think that all these Web 2.0 tools are free, why aren't all schools using them to their advantage?

​ Another word that has been mentioned several times is constructivism. Becoming a constructivism teacher can allow students to learn through collabrative sharing, through talking with other peers, and through technology. One constructivism approach is project-based learning. This can allow students to use their own ideas and experiences to create an in depth learning experience. All students, no matter who they are, can bring some form of learning to the learning table. Project-based learning can allow these students to bring their learning and share it with others.

In conclusion, we as educators have to change our teaching methods to adapt to the 21st century learners of today. We have to study hard and be capable of answering the questions that are given to us in the classrooms. With the Internet and other tools that are so accessible, we have to begin using those tools ourselves and becoming comfortable with what our students already know.

Brandi Fasulo