For+Your+Learners

So far our wiki has offered a selection of web 2.0 technologies. Individually, they are all excellent, however, only you know what works most effectively with your students. These applications are merely tools, secondary to your students becoming passionate readers, and life long learners.

Web 2.0 applications have the potential to widen the educational dialogue, creating more opportunities for collaboration and communication. It can be a conversation between teacher, students and the community developing both student understanding and connection of ideas.

This page looks at the possibilities of Web 2.0 technology in the modern learning environment, demonstrating how easily they can be incorporated into classrooms.

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Doctor Steve Yuen’s slide show presents his top twenty free web 2.0 applications for teachers and librarians, and how they may be used in a learning environment. A blog like this is worth bookmarking and checking every couple of days. They offer a plethora of ideas on how to integrate technology in classrooms.

An Australian alternative is Bright Ideas run by the Victorian School Library Association (slav). Often there is a way to subscribe to an RSS feed, or follow via twitter, facebook or even google. This way new updates are sent rather than having to be found - very useful for busy educators.

e-book has ideas and projects that enable you to engage your students, without the applications superseding the teaching and learning.


 * [[image:westillread1.jpg width="816" height="376" link="@http://www.shelfari.com/"]] || The Shelfari application is a great place for //you// to start the conversation about reading with your own students. Click on, sign up and begin. ||