Creation of blogfor ETC- Web 2.0The new dimension in learning

I made a fascinating discovery today in my office at school--Web 2.0 isn't blocked! Almost everything else is blocked by my school district, and I have a hard time believing that they would allow Wikipedia, and not allow site like Internet for Classrooms.com, a site devoted to teaching teachers how to use technology in the special needs classroom.

http://internet4classrooms.com/assistive_tech.htm

I suppose that the ideas put forth in "Here Comes Everybody," by Clay Shirky, will undoubtedly be the way in which change occurs in United States school systems. As in, using the power of internet social-networks to motivate educators, parents and politicians to change. Change is not needed just in the physical structures of schools, that which our government thinks should be funded, but rather the investment ought to be in the teachers and technology they need to be using.

Web 2.0 has some valuable tools for teacher, who can get new ideas form their houses if not from their schools. I will be nice when the top brass at school districts begin to see the importance of these tools enough that they " get their heads out of the sand" and make some changes. Not changes like which textbook to use or how to make sure teachers create good lesson plans, but changes that will rock their educational world.