I think social media is a
very useful Web 2.0 technology. It allows students to use something they are
already familiar with for an educational purpose. Most students now a day use
social media very often. Using social media for educational purposes will allow
students to use their favorite apps and social media accounts for a bigger
purpose. In my opinion, a less useful 2.0 technology for a classroom is
blogging. I think many students think blogging is an old school task. Although blogging
can be similar to some social media apps, it is less familiar to students and
they may not be as interested in blogging.
An interesting Web 2.0
tool is Wordle. Wordle allows you to generate word clouds that show the most
used words in a body of text. You are able to change the appearance on the word
cloud to make it more appealing to certain audiences. This could be used in teaching
to help students figure out the main point of an article by entering it into
Wordle and it will show you the main words. Wordle is a fun way for students to
create interesting designs using key words. Wordle can be accessed at this link
http://www.wordle.net.
I think social media
holds the biggest promise for education. Not only does social media allow
students to discuss with other classmates but it allows them to share ideas and
information with people all over the world. News spreads very fast through
social media which can be a very good thing for educational purposes. With
continuing advancements in social media students are able to stay up to date on
current events and different things happening all over the world.
I completely agree with you opinion on blogging. I also believe that it is something that many students don't do often and sometimes don't even know how to do. Your blog post is very informative and really voices you opinion in a positive way!
ReplyDeleteI have actually used wordle for a project before and really enjoy the application. It helped me create a really awesome project that I was very proud of. I also agree that social media is going to do wonders for education as it allows people to connect with others that were previously unknown to them and inaccessible.
ReplyDeleteI think that this post was full of interesting information. I haven't heard of Wordle before but it sounds like a good web2.0 tool and one that i would look into using in the future.
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