I see many applications for educational use of these Web 2.0 tools. Blogging would be a fantastic way to communicate with teachers in our school, our district and surrounding school districts. Information sharing is vital in today's world.
Importing images and photos is a fantastic way for students to use their creativity and higher thinking skills for final products in classroom assignments and research projects.
RSS feeds will be a valuable tool to both teachers and students. Especially those teachers who are interested in reading professional journals and students who are researching at a higher level. What a time saver when information comes to the student rather than the student searching for that same information.
Wikis open a whole world of possibilities. I can see a teacher whose classes are all researching the same topics using a wiki to compare and enhance information. PLCs could use a wiki to communicate and plan future meetings.
Podcasts and video and downloadable audio would be fantastic to introduce new books and encourage literature. It would also be great for those students who have difficulty writing down their ideas but can communicate verbally.
Most of all, these tools are what our students are using on a daily basis and we need to move our educational methods in that direction. It is very frustrating for our students to have access to these tools at home but return to "paper and pencil" products in school.
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Awesome blog! Thanks for all of the wonderful reasons for opening these resources to our students. I will be sharing your thoughts and the thoughts of the other Web 2.0 bloggers with the Web 2.0 Council. It probably won't happen immediately, but I'm optimistic that we are moving in the right direction to reach students where they are.
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