what I think about blogs and wikis

I am new to using blogs, and wikis but I think they are generally a good idea, not only do they allow teachers to know what students are thinking about a class and about the topics discussed in the class but they allow students to interact with each other and post information about topics and events. I think Wikis and blogs are new ways of posting information, they are easy acessable, free and good ways to know what is going on in a class. I do feel however, wikis and blogs are more of opinion related and should not be used for research. This may be the case in some situations, but I do not think it is right in all cases.
Blogs can also be used in many ways, they can be used both for personal information and to provide news. Some people use blogs as online diaries, and others use them for teaching mechanisms, such as Education 286. We can use blogs in this class, to find out more information about the class and the topics we are studying and to talk with other students taking the class and hear important feedback and information on what we are learning. Blogs are also good for the teacher, it lets the teacher know what students think about the issues and topics discussed in class.
Wikis can be used to post research you have done about a particular topic that you want to share with others. Wikis can be used as online databases. Wikis can be used to link websites and share direct information and researd with others. When using wikis for certain research it is important to make sure the source is reliable and the research is cited. We can use wikis in Education 286 to post further research about information we have learned and used in the classroom.

technology and education

I think technolgy should be used as much as possible in the classrooms at all school levels, it is important because the world today is growing more and more in technology and it is important that it is brought into the cirriculum at an early age. I think teachers who incorporate technology into the classroom, will enhance better learning conditions for students and allow for them to be better set for the future and in touch with the world around them.
I think there are many ways to use technology in the classrooms, teachers can incorperate techhnology into their lesson plans and work with students to better understand the world around them. Teachers can use the internet to find, poems, images, stories, and to provide examples for overall learning.
I think ed tech is important, because we are learning how to incorperate technolgy not only into the classroom when we get a job but it also will teach us to use our skills of computers and technology to better help us get a job and it will enable us to think about technolgy and how we can use it to help with our future.