Emerging+Trends+in+Technology+Summary

This assignment required me to closely examine an emerging technology trend/web 2.0 tool and to assess its validity and usefulness. As a high school teacher I think this is an extremely beneficial activity because of its application to my job. High school students are extremely technologically savvy and would much prefer an assigment that requires them to incoporate it than the traditional textbook or worksheet activities. To complete this assignment I first researched my emerging technology, Delicious, to find out more about its origin and history. We were required to use Delicious in 6010 and I really, really found it to be such a useful tool. As a result I couldn't wait to research it and find out a little more about it. I found quite a bit of information on the website Wikipedia as well as on the actual Delicious website. My own background knowledge about Delicious was extremely useful as well. You can check out my voicthread on Delicious[| here]. This was a great assignment all the way around. Not only did it teach me a little more about Delicious, hearing everyone else's voicethreads on their topic was also really beneficial. It helped me to determine what web 2.0 tools are applicable to me and my daily lesson plans, as well as my target audience of high school student's. I really can't wait to comment on other people's assignments so I can tell them what a great job they did!! A lot of times I feel as though I get so busy with all of the work I have to do to prepare lessons I don't have the time needed to look for new tools to use. Now I have no excuse--everyone's voicethreads already gave me great ideas and ways to implement new tools!!
 * __Emerging Trends in Technology Activity__**
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