Web 2.0 Online Course

I have been out podcasting and blogging in other spaces. Mainly I have been over in the Ning universe. This is a closed social networking site that some schools are using for classroom and school use.
I am now starting another journey with some colleagues in Monroe county. We are participating with the NY State Education Department through a Grant with the Federal DOE and AT&T who worked with EdTech Leaders Online, a non-profit organization, to create a Web 2.0 online course.
We are now going through this online course, with yours truly as the facilitator. I thought that over the next 6 weeks I will provide some view into not only what we are learning and discussing, but also some of my thinking as an online facilitator.
So a quick update from the course. We are introducing ourselves right now and here are some of the questions and ideas that have popped up so far:

• Many of us have heard about and seen Web 2.0 technologies, but few of us use them regularly either for our own professional growth or for classrooms
• Those that have used these tools for classrooms, the projects or use have not taken off very successfully
• Wide variety of skills and experiences from teachers and administrators mean that the connections between needs and use of the appropriate tools fall on a limited group of people.
• Everyone is excited about the connective power of this type of technology. Some have mentioned that local connections can be just as powerful as the global ones.

Well, this is where our conversation is right now. We will be starting the full course this Saturday with a discussion on the Read/Write web.
Happy exploring,
J:)