Reactions to videos assignment week two

I found both of the videos of great interest since the information, strategies, and suggestions provided seem to answer many of the problems presented in the videos reviewed in week one. The efforts through approaches like Web 2.0 place major emphasis not on the the traditional teaching strategies with the teacher acting as the provider of information - but rather places responsbility on the students to assume active roles in the learning process through collaboration - with the teacher assuming the role of facilitator. This cooperative approach appears to allow for more aspects of creativity and calls for students to assume levels of responsbility for their own learning.
The power of social networking in courses like soical studies, with students from around the world opening major opportunities for students to formulate individual perspectives or question preconcieved notions through collaborations with distant students. The only way we can truly come to understand each other is through meaningful communications whic technology can provide. Classrooms no longer need nor should they have walls that keeps the worldoutside the school.