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**__// What is WEB 2.0 // ?__**
When you hear web 2.0, what do you think of ? Well web 2.0 is the next generation of the world wide web. Web 2.0 is an application which allows us people to create our own internet experience. Years ago, people went on the internet for information and information only. Now, with Web 2.0, people go on the internet to easily provide information. Web 2.0 allows us to provide information and combine it with others to create great informative pieces. This article you are reading now (a wiki) is a perfect example of what Web 2.0 is capible of. A Wiki is a page people could create about any topic without being physically together. Thats right, you can create your own page about sports, politics, even about how Web 2.0 changes education, from your home with your friends over the internet. Web 2.0 sites allows users to interact with other users or change content on the site. Web 2.0 includes video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc. (Sean P.) 

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How has WEB 2.0 affected Education? __** **Web 2.0 affects education by allowing teachers to interact with their students outside of the classroom (//Becta leading a new generation learning//). Web 2.0 has done so much not only to help teachers but to help the students as well. Web 2.0 also has tools available for all types of learning. There are tools to help children with learning disabilities, or just for kids who need to develop new study habits. ** **Many children today think of Web 2.0. as social networking or another part of their social life. They have probably learned these things more from their friends then their teachers or parents. They should know that web 2.0 is not just social networking devices such as facebook, or twitter. There is a very broad amount of web 2.0 tools, some affect education in a very large way such as the ones listed below.This could be an interesting study, because we as students don't recognize the differences in how our generation processes. Knowledge is increasingly accessible through the internet, which is a problem if we are not learning in school.(Sean P.) **  **One of the greatest ways web 2.0 is effecting education worldwide is by providing education over the internet. These “online schools” help students who were otherwise unable to get an education because of a busy work schedule or students who have lived far from a suitable school. Though it can be more convenient, online schooling also has its draw backs. For example without a teacher to pressure students to study or complete their work, many pupils fall behind schedule. Also the system has been criticized for supplying an inferior education because there is no face to face student teacher interaction and finally some students complain about no social interaction with other people their age. (Andrew K)**  

**Web 2.0 will have knowledge** **implications for students and teachers in formal, work relating and lasting education. Web 2.0 will change how universities go about the work of education, from learning and teaching through contact with school communities and participation. This study has focused on the content sharing aspects of Web 2.0, but these are not purely limited to data, be that data textual, sound, or video.(D.J. Durant)[]**

**How Has Web 2.0 made Tools for Education **
Sometimes, teachers are unavailable for awhile or some of their students are out with a sickness. This includes the H1N1 flu or other pandemic that would keep teachers and students that are out of school for a long time. There has to be a way for teachers and students to communicate easily. This article shows how easy it is for someone to start a "wiki" and turn it into a well planed out web site that is easy to use. A wiki is just web page with an edit button and is easy for teachers and schools to set up and access for many different students to view. Wikis also provide a great amount of variability and power for educations and teachers to use in a rush to make quick web site, or make a well developed long term web site. In general, wikis are great tools for teachers to use if they need to set up a web site in a rush.(Connor G)

====Today twitter and facebook are becoming more interacted into our daily lives. Today schools are using these tools such as facebook and twitter for school activities, meetings or just finding out whether school is canceled or not. Even though it is not as good as using another tool that schools could use, facebook and twitter are good website that are public, a good communicating website, and is very popular among teens. Although it’s so popular among teens that facebook is block on computers in school's computer labs because of distraction. School districts are spreading this idea of using public websites for school activities. By: Andrew Burrichter <span style="color: #8f0404; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> ==== ====<span style="color: #b51212; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8f0404; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Web 2.0 has allowed so many different things to happen for not only students but teachers as well. Teachers now have many tools that make learning fun, but also educational. One of these tools is a blog. Blogs allow you to hear what your students think of the material they are learning, or just to discuss a topic. Blogs also allow children to share their ideas that they do not like to share in class. One of these popular blogging sites is twitter. According to Jan Hart, "Twitter is a personal and informal piece of learning." With the use of Twitter it allow a person to find the answers to questions through varies people. It is proven that the use of blogs increases students participation. In addition to the increase of participation the students create a relationship through Wikis are another type of tool the teachers can use. Wikis are similar to blogs in that they allow you to share your ideas. You may publish these ideas for anyone to view. (David P). <span style="color: #ab0d0d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What is one thing almost all high school students have with them everywhere? There cell phones would be the correct answer. Even though these electronic devices could be a bad influence they can be used as a good influence ** <span style="color: #ab0d0d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #840606; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> ** aswell. Students may send questions to search engines through their cell phones. With in minutes a student can recieve a text message back with the answer to that page.** Another tool of web 2.0 is laptops. A laptop allows a student to take notes in class which has two benefits one it saves paper and two it does not make your hand hurt after taking all those notes from class. This depends on the schools code, if they allow laptops in the classes. (David P) ==== ====<span style="color: #b51212; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e0b0b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The final web 2.0 tool we will talk about is ItunesU. One of the biggest tools and most important to some people especially college students. ItunesU is mostly recordings of classes or class lectures. This has now given students another reason to skip class. They can now listen to the class whenever they want. It is also good to listen to the class again for some students. "Students who downloaded the podcast averaged a C (71 out of 100) on the test - substantially better than those who attended the lecture, who on average mustered only a D (62)(Callaway). "But that difference vanished among students who watched the podcast but did not take notes.Students who listened to the podcast one or more times and took notes had an average score of 77 (Callaway)." It seems that these podcasts can be really helpful to students. Especially since the H1N1 is going around. This would help a lot of high school students out if they were sick, or even if school closed because of something such as the swine flu(H1N1). (david p) ====

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