First Post for Web 2.0

I took this course for a few reasons. First of all, I too am fulfilling my certification requirement for renewing my teaching certificate in the next year. More importantly though, I work at The John Carroll School, where 9, 10, and 11 grade students carry a personal laptop throughout the day in school. All teachers and students have wireless internet and printing capabilities, so there is great pressure to use the tablets to the students' greatest advantage. I have been piloting the program for three years now, and I have used blogging and wikis for writing and discussion in English classes; however, I have so much more to learn. I look forward to enhancing what I "sort of know" and have learned by the seat of my pants. From what I have seen so far, Web 2.0 will be a great course to improve my use of digital tools in the classroom.