News of Wikipedia

Very Interesting!! I have always used Wikipedia as a source of information. I even have it as an application on my IPhone. Almost in every case I find myself using Wikipedia or Google for answers. If it’s something I see on television, information about an athletic figure, a project I need a source for, or an everyday question I need to know, I will pull up my Wikipedia. It seems strange how easy it is to change the information on this site. These are facts that we consider true and use in everyday life for answers. How will we ever know what the truth is on any site if it is this simple to change important facts. Now I see that any company, person, or brand can go in and change what they want about their name or site. If Wikipedia has something derogatory listed, this shows how easy it is to change these facts. So how will we ever know what the truth is? If this is happening on this site, will this continue to others? I am very intrigued by Mr. Griffin’s discovery! I hope that others like him keep looking out for these types of dangers.

Langwithces Blog

By watching and reviewing Langwitches blog, "It’s Not About the Tools. It’s About the Skills". I am learning more and more through each blog an idea for my podcast. In his blog I agree and feel that each person or in my case teacher should be fully aware of the subject at hand before going into a conversation. If the conversation is foreign to us, it may be wise to sit and listen so we can learn about the topic before speaking. Most of our parent/teachers meetings are going to be full of questions and we as teachers should be fully prepared to answer every question. Most parents will feel very uncomfortable in a conversation they are unfamiliar with. It would be wise to try and make them feel as comfortable as possible and to give them as much information so that they are able to interact in the conversation or question/answer session. Once the parent is connected with the conversation, I would hope they are interested in learning what their child is learning and accomplishing at school. Although I am intimidated by some larger words, I believe it would be a great opportunity for myself and my students to learn them each day and use them with the parents. Students that are able to blog in class and share what they are learning would be great for their parents. The child will be able to log in at home to show the parent their progress in the classroom. Before learning to blog in this class and the new blogs I have been watching, I was completely unaware of these resources. Blogging is going to be an amazing tool that I will use to teach in the future!