This week's class was extremely useful. Talking about how people can and do use blogs and wikis in the classroom gave me some good starting points for using some of these Web 2.0 tools. I even went to wikispaces and created a preliminary personal wiki just to get used to some of the tools available.
One of the key things that came out of class is that these tools may be available, but many schools have put significant restrictions on what sites can be accessed from schools and many of these sites require e-mail addresses. These are both significant obstacles to implementing these types of tools in a school situation. As blogs and wikis and other web 2.0 tools become more common schools are going to need to address how they will handle access. Will schools manage blog and wiki spaces of their own for students and teachers to use in the school environment? Will schools provide e-mail addresses for all students? How will these needs be balanced with the increasing need for privacy and security of students?
I think both tools could be used with students and that the library is a particularly good place to pilot some programs.
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