Tamara Williams

EDCI 340-01

Solim Song, Instructor

April 9, 2011

Product Assignment 4: Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 tools are new technologies used to enhance internet’s abilities when creating an

active and engaging learning experience for students. Its facet of uses also provides a wide range

of opportunities for teachers when constructing curriculum and content frameworks relevant to

subjects. By using Web 2.0, tools such as slideshare teachers and students gain the ability to

collaborate and interact on projects. The content developed by teachers can be publicly and

privately share among students and other professionals. Students have the ability to use various

technologies and documents to conduct research, construct presentations, and exhibit their

educational abilities and interest.

These resources for teachers and students offer services that are for both teaching and

learning. Students develop skills to critically analyze information that comes from multiple

sources creating higher thinking skills. Furthermore, this creates new patterns of learning at

every grade level. This group of new practices among computers and teachers promote greater

communication and interaction in the classroom. The exchange of new information produces

knowledge otherwise traditionally developed by experts and teachers. Traditional informational

sources such as the encyclopedia, magazines, newspaper, and textbooks are enhanced by using

Web 2.0 tools. Accessing tools such as slideshare offers opportunities to communicate

worldwide. The goal of education is to get information from multiple sources both traditional

and electronic sources to enhance learning and teaching for students and teachers. Electronic

sources such as Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and social networking sites are all Web 2.0 tools that are

capable of incorporating on a slideshare board to accommodate different learning styles in the

classroom. These Web 2.0 tools also offer the engaging and large range of instructional

opportunities for teachers.

This Web 2.0 tool offers a enormous amount of capabilities to incorporate different

coexisting media files such as presentation, Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, video, and

webinars. The slide share deck also allows teachers to add YouTube videos to create a visual

learning experience for students. It is capability to synchronize electronic sources such as

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Xing allows you to upload and take information everywhere. It also

offers Zipcast and resources that allows teachers to conduct online meetings with students at 1-

click. Zipcast contains slides, video, audio, and chat.

Slideshare multi facets include its ability to function as a communication tools both

privately between my students and between teachers (myself). Scientific research conducted

using slideshare to interact with professional’s worldwide creating beneficial exchange of

knowledge and information. I also plan to use slideshare as a media resource for creating

varying learning environments with a range of classes to insure exceptional learning

opportunities and experiences.