Module 1: Web 2.0 and personalising your Web space

Introduction: please visit my first blog post "Teacher Confession".

Activity 1: getting an overview of Web 2.0

Through YouTube:

Watching YouTube clips – the future is so exciting, I like to view it as a Cultural Revolution – in how information is created and shared – not just digital opportunism. The possibilities are endless. Its about how people are using the web, its a move away from static to dynamic through, for example, the use of applications. A network based on interaction and communication, everything is connected and cannot be viewed in isolation.

Through web sites and eLearning tools:

I am please to see I already use so many of the suggested learning tools. For example, I store all my work and study in Dropbox and I find Edmodo to be an invaluable tool for learning in the classroom.

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Final Reflection

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