Convergence Culture

Convergence culture means that every media is connected to another media through the flow of content, ideas, relationships, and technological integration. Schools may be limiting kids' access to digital tools by not allowing some technology such as cell phones, and IPODS in the classrooms. Also some classrooms do not use comuter resources as much as they maybe should to allow their students to get more information on topics from internet resources. Some teachers are now allowing their students to "blog" with other classrooms or schools, which can help students because it gives them another source of editing coming from peers and or students older than they are. I think this is a good idea and can really help students. More teachers need to involve technology in their classrooms to help children get used to working with it. Also, children should what they should and shouldn't use in the media to research information. This will be useful for them later in life when they have to research for information. If only some students learn about the convergence culture then those who are familiar are going to succeed with the technology and media but those who are not familiar are going to fall behind the rest. Although students should have access to the internet and to its resources, they should also be monitored to ensure students are not abusing this right and uploading inappropriate material for others to view. The change in the participatory gap is not necessarily to change the curriculum and add another class to the children's schedule but to embed the skills into the classroom and in after school activities.

Magazine Cover

"The work can wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work." --Patricia Clafford--

Website Validation

I chose to validate the website "California Velcro Crop Under Challenge". I do not believe this site has very much reliability. There is only one author to the site and when you go to the information for the this author that is provided on the site the subtitle of the page is "A totally bogus Biography". Not only does the website state this at that point, but also at the bottom of the page, the author states "This totally bogus biography and completely fictional catalog of preposterous products will be updated as new developments warrant". If the author of the site creates a bogus biography and fictional catalogs, what is the chance that the rest of the material on the site is bogus and fictional? Very high!

There have also not been any updates on this site since January 6, 1998 when the "bogus wave" was added.

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Survery Results!!!

Charts of results from the questions on my survery:

My Survey

Delicious Bookmark

I chose to bookmark "O'Reilly--What is Web 2.0" because it has a lot of useful information in the article. It is easy to understand and easy to follow along with. This article also compares Web 1.0 with Web 2.0 to show what advantages Web 2.0 has. As an educator I could use this article to learn more about Web 2.0 which in turn would help me teach my students with the new technology. To view the O'Reilly--What is Web 2.0, please click here

WebQuest Artifact

While completing the WebQuest students will create an artifact which will show all the information the students gathered in a table they will create.