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Web 2.0

In the world of education, there are always buzzwords that all administrators want to hear from prospective employees. In recent years, differentiated instruction was the hot term that teachers would always use to assure their interviewers that their classrooms and assessments were going to be fair and varied. Now a new trend has dominated the educational world. In 2009, a potential teacher must to understand how to harness the potential of Web 2.0. In a nutshell, Web 2.0 is the quintessential medium for the so called collaborative generation that yearns for the opportunity to edit, collaborate and share their information with people all over the world. Wikis, blogs, social networking sites, Google documents, podcasting in the last five years, have been integrated into modern elementary, middle and secondary classrooms. This unique use of the web allows students many opportunities to create, develop, and demonstrate their learning. It is the purpose of this wiki to provide a space for educators, who work with different age levels and content areas, to share their how they incorporate web 2.0 into their classrooms.

Kathy Shrock, a well know educational technology writer and administrators describes Web 2.0 as anything web space that incorporates the 5 Cs. Create Collaborate Compose Contribute Communicate