TM-Web2.0

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Watch this PowerPoint (posted several ways, but it is the same presentation):



 There are literally thousands of Web2.0 tools--tools that allow collaboration, interaction, visual and auditory connections. These dynamic nature of the tools REQUIRE interaction with the user. But in education, that interaction is not sufficient to warrant their use. We must carefully design a framework or scaffold for students to use as they apply the tool so that the interaction creates the learning experience for the student. This does not mean we limit the use of the tool or place undue restrictions on the student's creative application of the tool, but it is to say that we frame the experience with knowledge of the tools use and how it can be used to create the learning environment that could not be replicated without the use of the tool.

 Take a minute to review the presentation above and make sure you understand the three attributes of Web2.0 tools and the three steps to creating them.

 Revisit some of the sites that list these top tools, looking again for "the good stuff"--the stuff that will fit into your Unit.

 Remember, if you need to embed the code for a Web2.0 tool in your wiki, watch this screencast: [|Embed Your Web2.0 Tool]