Web 2.0

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Is Web 2.0 just another buzz word or is it a tool or better yet, a new mindset that empowers people and really give individuals the ability to change the world?  The term was originally coined at a Media Live conference when discussing the dot com bust that how instead of diminishing, the internet was actually growing in momentum.  The difference? New tools, websites and formats were appearing that no longer needed enormous technical skill to operate. With WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) technology now available to everyone, anyone can be a publisher.  New tools and a willingness to share underpinned by mutual trust has given the individual the ability to be seen and heard in ways that have never before been possible. With hand held mobile devices with Android and IOS platforms, many commentators have started talking about Web 3.0!

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As educators, this new range of tools gives us potential to empower our students in a way that chalk and blackboard users would never have dreamed of!  And with a plethora of wikis, blogs and websites to direct us, we can not only use these tools, but match them to learning styles or organise them according to Bloom's Taxonomy!

WebTools4U2Use

Differentiate Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 for Teachers

Web Based Versions of Bloom's Taxonomy

The tools we have been looking at in our course are many and varied and too vast in number to possibly remember, so I have created a Diigo page to archive them:

My Diigo Library