Web 2.0 describes changes that have taken place on the internet. It has changed from finding and retrieving data to collaborating with others to find or create a solution. O’Reilly says that it is a combining of companies that trust users as co-developers and capitalize on collective intelligence. People or businesses can involve all of their employees giving a stronger sense of inclusion that leads to a more efficient company or classroom.
Using some these resources could, if nothing else, help students work at home and at school. A problem I have encountered is student’s being unable to bring discs or jumpdrives to school. This can make working on projects or papers very difficult or can force a teacher to use a lot of classroom for typing. Sites like Google Docs, Zoho and Ning can help fix this problem. This gives the students a web-based application to save their work on and access it from school. Ning sites can help open communication between parents and teachers. It is also a great platform for displaying student’s work. Using these resources at the high school level would also prepare them for life after school no matter their chosen field.
There are some problems with using technologies. The main issue is access for all the students. Even in today’s world, not every student has access to a computer or the internet. Students are not familiar with these assets and it will take time to teach them how to affectively using these tools.
It is hard to tell what the Web will look like in a few years. Is this another bubble that might burst like in the 1990’s (Anderson 2007)? Whatever the future holds, educators and businesses need to take advantage of the tools and use them to engage students in the learning process.
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