With technology changing everyday there are new applications that one can use. These include Web 2.0 tools. Web 2.0 is about the users and content, instead of just surfing the Internet. Its about what the Internet can do for an active collaborator, rather than a passive viewer. (http://www.webreference.com/) This technology is changing the way that messages are spread across the Web. The advantage that these technologies have over others is that many, if not all of them are free. The most popular of these technologies being Myspace, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, and podcasting.
My favorite of the above mentioned is Youtube. Youtube is a video sharing website where users can upload and share videos. This specific Web 2.0 allows you to post a video on any subject possible. I have used this for entertainment as well as learning purposes. The other day I found a video on how to make braided rugs and I used it to teach my residents how to make them during their old fashion camp.
That is why I think this is really popular among teachers. I have been shadowing many middle and high school classrooms and the amount of teachers that use this tool is unmeasurable. Every teacher that I would visit used it at least once. It is clear that these tools are used in the classroom because you can go to many sites and see podcasts from different colleges, videos on any type of subject, and allows students to post on assigned articles, which cuts down on the paperwork and grading at home.
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