Web 2.0 Get On Board!

What would you like your students to do? Chances are there is a Web 2.0 tool that will allow them to do it!

Web 2.0 applications help us to connect, create, and collaborate. Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and Google docs are but a few of the tools available on the web that allow for interaction. Even the social bookmarking tool, del.icio.us, permits each user to tag his bookmarks with search terms that are personally meaningful, and then, to share the bookmarks with others. Web 2.0 is a dynamic world with new resources being created for all either to use freely, or, as paid subscriptions. For educators, reading blogs and websites of people who stay abreast of technology for a living is the best way to hear of new tools that may be of value to your students. Kathy Schrock and Will Richardson are two educators who inform teachers about cool new web applications. Kathy has compiled information about Web 2.0 applications at http://kathyschrock.net/web20/ Will Richardson maintains a blog where he discusses technology and frequently mentions Web 2.0 applications at http://weblogg-ed.com/

See what these experts have to say about Web 2.0. Give some of the applications they recommend a try. It will open a whole new world of teaching and learning for you and your students. These tools will motivate your students as you vary instruction. Check out the possibilities to enhance your instruction for your 21st century learners. Your students are primed and ready to use technology. Consider the possibilities for providing inspiring instruction by using Web 2.0 tools today!