Web 2.0: What’s out there??
Chapter 3, in “Web 2.0: new tools, new schools” is loaded with ideas and sources of help to make a classroom more interactive with the new technology that is out there. This chapter covers almost all web tools that are out there to use and it also give a description of what they are and the pro’s and con’s of them. It talks about podcasts, wikis, blogs, photo editing, video sharing, social bookmarking, etc. This chapter gave me a through understanding of each Web 2.0 tool.
I’m very interested in trying out these tools the next time I get into a classroom. I know the students would be interested as well. The other source the chapter gave out was some websites that have interactive activities and modules that students can use to help them understand a topic, such as http://phet.colorado.edu/new/index.php, which has virtual simulations that you can “play” with.
One warning the chapter puts out is that some of these tools do need to have monitoring by an adult, such as with MySpace, and others need to be evaluated for accuracy and appropriateness of content, such as with Wikpedia.