Classroom 2.0- The "Face" of Teachers...

Classroom 2.0

This social-networking site is great for teachers of languages. Even from the  "home" page, views are presented with a wide variety of options and opportunities to take advantage of in their classroom. Besides ideas to use within the classroom such as Skype, digital storytelling, back channeling, and Barnes and Noble book clubs, users are able to sign up for notifications, updates, discussions, forums and events. I really enjoyed reading up on different teachers' ideas and input on how to use different resources in multiple ways. There are also links to special interest groups that teachers of all content areas may be interested in.  I was impressed by the Classroom 2.0 Live channel they included that allowed users to view "shows" or videos of recent topics- it reminded me of a similar thing posted on the ACTFL site that I had learned about in my undergrad. This site is like a Facebook for teachers, and just what I needed- a place to find and share ideas with fellows teachers and colleagues. I have always thought that was one of the most beneficial apsects of teaching- that we begin learning as students what learned well for us in the practices of our teachers, and continued to learn from our SBTE's as student teachers and hopefully will inspire our students while we are in our field. This website is great resource and definately one I can see myself using to become more creative in my lesson planning.