Week 3 Highlights and assignment

For someone with computer literacy they have knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses. Information literacy is when a person can gather, analyze, and use the information they have to solve a problem or complete an assignment. Integration literacy is when the teacher uses technology to provide students with the tools they need to discover information by using computers. Literacy of the future is having students not only being able to read and write but also having students be able to surf the web for information and be able to analyze what they find. Digital students differ from regular students in that digital students are used to having answers to their question in seconds not days or hours. A typical student would have to use a textbook or some other paper resource to discover an answer to a question which may take some time. A digital student can type into a browsers what they are looking for and get thousands of answers and resources in seconds with out having to go anywhere. 
 The 3rd National Education Technology  Standard : Research and Information Fluency is used fairly commonly in schools. Most teachers have their students use the internet to find out information to complete assignments. Along with NETS 3 , NET4 is also used in the classroom ( Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making). NETS 3 and 4 go hand in hand with each other when students are trying ot complete different research bases assignments. 
The shift to classroom 2.0 is the new and upcoming way to educate students. Now classroom 2.0 can range from a teacher posting classroom notes and assignments on a web page to the entire class being online. Now students do not have to be in the same room as the teacher to be able to be educated.These types of classrooms will allow students who have to stay home to not miss out on learning. One of the problems with classroom 2.0 is that if a student does not have internet access then they will miss out. 
When I was going through google docs I found that you can make everything on there that you can make using Microsoft 2007. There are slide shows, excel and word documents. I had gmail for a while now and never knew it had that feature. It will help when having to do collaborative projects with others in the future. 

Starting Off

This is the first time I have ever taken an online class. I am pretty good with technology since I use everyday in my classroom. Some of these things that I have had to sign up for I have never heard of. This is my first blog that I have ever written. I usually am very busy with work or coaching at the college. So this semester I just have to stay on top of this online work so I do not end up pulling all nighters.