Web2.0_Tools

The Internet has become so much more than simply a place to gather information. Often referred to as Web 2.0, the evolution of the Internet has transformed it into a place where people communicate, collaborate, create and learn. People all over the world are using the Internet to express opinions, share knowledge, or ask for help from experts. People are creating their own social and learning networks, where they find others in the same field or with the same interests and communicate through the use of blogs, wikis, video sharing sites and much, much more. There are hundreds of tools that exist, many of them free, to help students with organization, study skills, writing, time management and many other skills.We should be exploring ways to use these tools to teach our students how to communicate, collaborate and create in the world of Web 2.0.

Explore the resources here and discover tools, such as social bookmarking, blogs, and wikis, that can be used for research, presentation, collaboration and communication. If you find one that interests you and you're not sure what to do next, get in touch and we'll figure it out together.

[|What is Web 2.0?] - somewhat technical, but you can skim it and get a general sense of what is meant by the transformation into web 2.0

Digital Learning & Information Literacy Class Wiki - students from our class researched and used several tools throughout the semester. They gathered their knowledge and created a wiki of some of the tools that they found most useful.

[|Web2.0 Directory] - This is a comprehensive list of web2.0 tools. Many of these you will find within the pages of this wiki but there are too many for me to list individually.