First, I would like to know where is my invite? Ok, now that I got that out the way. I will say that Im not quite sure of about Google wave. I need a little bit more information and to see how it can be used in the classroom. After reading the article, Im sure that some of it functions will be beneficial to the classroom, but I didn't get drawn into the product. The playback function sounds great, but I still have questions about in what manner can I use this best in my class. One great thing about Google Wave is the free component. Free is alway good. Especially with the budget issues in education that are occurring across the country. The context spell checker is an excellent idea. I would like to use this when teaching Language Arts to my students. I will use Google Wave just for this capability. Since it is still in development this gives me some hope that this will bring to the table some more idea and features that will help me to see the big picture of the product.
In the end, I will take the opinion of the educators that had the opportunity to test the product out and say it probably will be a free benefit for education.
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Adrion,
ReplyDeleteI had a same initial reaction to Google Wave. Where's my access?
I also like that it's free. But I have to disagree with you on one thing though. That's is that if it's free, it must be good. I think that free can be good in some cases. But in education especially, I think that all things free must be questioned.
For example, those of us who are Gmail users got free access to Google Buzz this week. We also learned that through Buzz, Google had unwittingly provided access to strangers to our personal address books.
So with the push on for "everybody" to "fix'' our educational system, we must still ask the questions and be clear about the motives even when we're getting something for free.