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The author of the book in Chapter 1, The Read/Write Web makes a specific request for teacher's beginning the journey of incorporating dynamic web technologies into the classroom.  Richard states, "...be selfish about their use in their own learning practice."  This statement resonated with me for a few reasons.  The main being, this is something that would be challenging for me.  I find the Read/Write Web to be an amazing tool that is engaging  - especially to the students of today's schools.  Today, students naturally are inclined to use web tools and tend to pick up 'rules of the web' easily and well.  I, personally, have found incorporating these web tools into everyday life to be more challenging; especially when it comes to the collaborative, social networking tools.  However, I know that a lot of information and improvement tools lie within my peers' expertise and tapping into that resource would be a great assistance.  Perhaps this course will help.  :-)

Richardson, W.  (2010).  Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web tools for Classrooms. Third Edition.  Corwin.  Thousand Oaks, CA.  pp 1-11.