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How can the use of Web 2.0 tools improve student communication and collaboration skills?” How easy is it to self teach? Do you think there is an age range as far as appropriateness of the tool? 1. What do you suggest is the best approach to developing an online course for someone with average computer skills? 2. Our district is in statutory operating debt. Can this limit the development of on-line communication using web tools that you have described in your action research? 3. How much preparation time do you believe it takes to adequately prepare desired online communication and collaboration with students? 4. Do you believe all school districts would benefit the same way you have with web tools 2.0? ** Kari **** Klocke-Salminen ** The goal of your action research was to increase the student’s communication and collaboration skills through the use of Web 2.0. In addition to the positive results you observed through student collaboration on critiques online did you observer a change in face to face personal interaction in the classroom? Were they better communicators and collaborators during in class work time?
 * Thomas Gerard ****, MPLS 10 : Conference D148 Probing Questions **
 * Alena **** Behr **** How will instituting a critical friends structure in a mathematics classroom boost student participation and success in their math class? **
 * Donna** ** Hodgkins …….. **
 * Phil **** Johnsrud **

What one tool seemed to really grab your students' attention the most? What role do you see technology playing in the future of education? Some might say that using things like Web 2.0 tools relieves the teacher from actually having to teach the student on a personal level. Do you feel that this will take the personal aspect of teaching out of the classroom? If so, how will this affect the students? **2** What modifications can be made for students who cannot us computers or other technological devices? 2 Were there any toolsthat you would leave out in the future? 3 What do you think is the most impactive element for your class of using web tools? I am willing to try anything in my classroom. I don't currently use anything, so I guess I'm looking for ideas Merrill asks, Does the instruction: Involve authentic real-world problems, Show the learner the whole task , Involve a progression of problems , Direct learners to recall, relate, describe, and apply , Help learners see relevance and to have confidence in their ability How is this set of projects evolving based on your learning? Finally, I am wondering how you see the quality of student thinking about the principles of photography production process etc. changing as a result of their increased capacity to use each other and interact around examples they are creating. Thanks for communicating so much for us to think about in the use of Web 2.0 Tools.
 * Penny **** Koets **** How can the use of technology-enhanced assessment practices in the music classroom, grades K-12, increase student motivation? **
 * Bradley **** Malpert ** ** How will Web 2.0 technology increase academic achievement in chemistry? **
 * Mark **** Petersen ** ** What effects will implementing stability balls into my 3rd grade classroom have on my students' physical fitness, on task time and academic achievement? **
 * Scott **** Sater ** what do you believe was the best community-building aspect of your web tools 2.0?
 * William **** Wietman ** ** What will happen to student achievement and organization if I use Foldables in my sixth grade math classroom? **
 * Roger **** Peckover Facilitator ** [[image:file://localhost/Users/thomasgerard/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image002.png width="3" height="6" caption="http://conference.med.smumn.edu/images/spacer.gif"]] I am curious about how you now see Merrill’s (2002) four-phase cycle of instruction fitting what you saw students needing in your own experience.
 * Roger **** Peckover Facilitator ** [[image:file://localhost/Users/thomasgerard/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image004.png width="3" height="6" caption="http://conference.med.smumn.edu/images/spacer.gif"]] I am also curious about what you are learning in regard to making your own "living textbook" through the feedback you are receiving and student performance.