Web2.0 in the Classroom

I have learned that Web2.0 covers a wide variety of websites and online tools and it would be hard not to integrate Web2.0 in the classroom. Podcasts enable students that are having a hard time learning a subject to listen to another teacher teach it in a different manner, perhaps, so that they can better understand that subject. Twitter, BlackBoard and now Canvas are all modes of social media that are prevalent in the classroom because they connect the student and teacher even when they aren't in the classroom. These sites expand students' knowledge of what school can be like outside of the classroom. Blogs have given students a new voice in writing. Blogs are less formal than essays and kids can have fun with them while still connecting to other students and writing about educational topics. Online classes have been shown to help students that have trouble focusing in the classroom and help involve students who like to work with technology, rather than sit in a desk and listen to a lecture. Web2.0 tools are evolving and becoming better equipped to encourage students to learn and to use the Web2.0 tools.

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