Web 2.0 Educator

I decided to read about Cool Cat Teacher Vicki Davis. After reading a few of her postings, it is clear to see that she loves to use technology within the classroom. She is a teacher in Camilla Georgia who has been involved with many projects that have won awards and are technology based. Her specialty is using wikis and blogs. She loves to incorporate these two things with her lessons whenever she can. She seems like a honest person who truly wants the best for her students including understanding the technological world around them.

Vicki Davis seems to be a very intelligent teacher especially when it comes to technology. She creates projects for her students to get them experienced with things that they may use later in the future. She has kept priorities to herself, the highest of which is her students. She allows time to accomplish not just the goals of her student but her own goals as well. She wants to connect with the students and other teachers, to make a positive environment and atmospere for all. She also wants to keep the curriculum and material interesting and fun. Davis tries hard to inspire and to keep herslef motivated. Without her being motivated she can not motivate her kids and her fellow staff. She also realizes that without reflecting upon her work and her students' work she can not properly keep teaching. Assessing is one of the most important tools as well as reflection.
One of the major reasons Davis is so intelligent with technolgy is becuase she is constantly using and looking for new tools. She encorporates them into her classroom and gives the students' the opportunity to take their education into their own hands. She would like to eventually see technology in classrooms everywhere. She hopes as many teachers probably do too, of one day creating a classroom of students who are technologically smart as well as book and street smart.


I definatly agree with Viki Davis' approach to teaching. I like to use technology in the classroom. I think it allows the students to take a different look at what they are doing and re-evaluate it. However i do believe that sometimes technolgy can take over the classroom. the ultimate goal is to incorporate technology into the classroom not make the entire classroom technology. Maybe one day we can be emersed into a classroom environment where all students recgonize the word "wiki" and "blog".