Chapter Seven

Chapter seven basically evaluates technology and the uses of it in our daily lives whether it be at work or at home. An example would be the evaluation of web resources. It is said that when evalutating a web resource, teachers should take into consideration many accounts. These accounts include affiliation, authority, content, currency and the audience. These are important because these can allow the teacher and student to know if the resource if legitimate or not. Such as the use of currency, this tells when the web resource was last updated.

Chapter seven also speaks of the strategies used to integrate technology into the classroom. It was said that teachers had to change the traditional roles of being the instructor to becoming the facilitator of learning. Computers have also multipled in classrooms. It was once one computer per classroom, then it changed to a few and now schools have computer labs for students to use. Also, with the many resources now students can become more creative with classroom presentations and teachers as well with classroom demonstrations.

I think that Wiki is a useful tool for teachers and students. It post information and organize so that the reader can easily find what they are looking for. You can also organize your resources and have them for easy access. I can also make it creative by adding pictures to distinguish the different information on my page. I found that I can also add other people to a home page and have it so that they can access my account as well. This way we can share information and also edit each other's pages easier.