Collaborative Classrooms

Education has reached a milestone within a short space of time and now it is about to reach another. But are we ready for this change? Can teachers keep up with the pace of technological change?

Recently I have dabbled in using web2.0 tools such has wallwisher, voicethread, gcast, google docs and apps, worldTV, ispring and glogster...wait! I am speaking english still! These tools are simply good websites I recommend you visit and let your students simply explore. Why? Well it is a simple answer and a complicated one at the same time. Answer 1: They're paving the way for a revolution beyond the classroom walls. Answer 2: These web2.0 tools (I'll just called them websites from now one) are connected to others all over the world and can be used to learn, communicate, debate, collaborate and infuse knowledge between one class and culture together.
An example of this is the website 'collaborative classroom' which has been set up to allow other classes to explore and understand other classrooms; either within the same neighbourhood, of further away in other planets.
Examples here:
http://collaborativeclassroom.blogspot.com/