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//** Reflection **//The material, information and collaboration gained from the past year have proved invaluable in helping me to design and implement the Building Construction Technology curriculum.The opportunity to bounce ideas off more experienced colleagues and to gain a different perspective of the available technologies has enabled me to broaden my understanding of the teaching/learning process and of how to incorporate these tools into my instructional methodology.I would highly recommend a similar learning opportunity to anyone desiring to explore emerging e-learning strategies and wanting to strengthen faculty relationships. A few //Examples// of Using the WEB in Face to Face Courses: Electronic Learning Style Inventory, Wiki, and Poll Every Where Recording of the Session (30 min) @http://tinyurl.com/23nlkqd ** toc Click here for some more fun Free Web 2.0 sites  =WEB 2.0= A combination of web application & social networking used for content sharing amd filtering through widgets/components, aggregation and recombination, rating, tagging, and collaborative work.


 * //What does this mean for me, an instructor of a traditionally hands-on, skill based program, Building Construction?//**

My goal is to develop Self-Directed Learners and prepare them future of work. So much has changed from the past when I learned my craft. New looks at Industry uncovers the need to capitalize on Web 2.0 Tools.
 * What am I preparing my students for?**

Back = INFO Literacy = We have gone from what we thought was actually pretty modern, the “Info Age” where any information seemed attainable easily and extermely fast. As quick as it came it evolved into the NEW Age of //Informanction Literacy//, where students are expected to capture information from a variety of forms, not just the text based Web 1.0, then actually understand it and put it to good use.

//__US Dept. of Labor__// reports that one of the five major areas of basic competencies for entry level employees is the ability to use information that is, Acquiring and evaluating information Organizing and maintaining information Interpreting and communicating information Using computers to process information extensively Back = = =How do I use Web 2.0= to incorporate Information Literacy into my curriculum?

//__Learning Styles Inventory__//
[] I want students to understand how to monitor their self learning mechanisms as they approach their learning activities in my class. From Day One I give a computer orientation. I make them use email and then take this learning styles questionnaire via the internet. Once they have taken the Learning Styles inventory, I then have vocabulary to help them interpret results and set personal goals for working independently and in project teams. Back

//__Building Construction Wiki__//
http://bldgconsttech.wikispaces.com/ I use Wikispaces.com, this wiki format is fairly simple to learn, even if you are not use to working with wikis. Wikis give students opportunity for ownership as we all work together to develop it and we collaborate with other partners outside of BTC because the wiki is web based and easily accessed form everyone. We also like to keep it open so that eventually people from around the world can share their resources with us.

You will find **POLL EVERYWHERE application** in the recording as used by Dan Beeson in his automtive classes. Back =Conclusion= Learning to use emerging technologies with my students really helps me enhance the learning processes more than me standing at the top of the classroom and lecturing the material. I am really just helping them to understand what they already know, but using different new platforms that make it easy and timely. The world has changed since I learned my craft, I had to change with it and I hope that trying out new tools for my students gives them a leg up on their competition. Now that I’ve built my house, I need to keep checking to see if I can rely on this foundation or if I need to shore up my foundation so that the walls do not collapse. I feel confident to jump right in to new technology seeing how it fits the context of my Building Construction program in ways that I never dreamed possible in the past. Back