week 5

Podcast/vidcast:
http://tmcyouth.com/media/part-7-sunday-school-pupils/
I found this vidcast fro a round table discussion on Sunday school. Since right now i am working with the Sunday school that is what I am focusing my project on. I like the feel of the podcast because it is something you can take with you and listen to in the car, the gym or where ever. With new technology become more advanced it is easy to take the information with you as well as the video.

discuss how you envision using the Web 2.0 tools presented thus far.

actually I have begun using the tools in my everyday life. My children and I visit the website starfall.com almost everyday. I use the tools in the pbskids.org links and i am often searching site using search me. I can see finding a way for students to take these sites to a higher level. Right now there are so many different sites that do the same thing. I think it is only a matter of time before the sites eventually dwindle down to one. I use to visit a site called lookybook.com where you could read children's books online. They had to close due to lack of funding. It was nice to find new books on the site but the upkeep must have been extremely high. As the technology gets better the sites will eventually dwindle down to the most useful. Then the use of web 2.0 to connect students to technology. I can also see eventually the textbooks that students use in e-ink form. That would allow the students to keep all texts on a single flash drive that can be kept at home and at school.
The prevalence of technology also will drive the price down. this will allow all economic levels to access the same information. It can be a great uniting force.