Wired for Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0"Web 2.0" is a term used to describe an apparent second generation of the World Wide Web that emphasizes collaboration and sharing of knowledge and content among users. With the growing popularity of Web 2.0, there has been a burgeoning interest in education. Tools such as blogs, wikis, RSS, social networking sites, tag-based folksonomies, and peer-to-peer (P2P) media sharing applications have gained a prominence in teaching and learning. With Wired for Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0 there is tremendous potential for addressing the needs student, teachers, researchers, and practitioners to enhance the teaching and learning experiences through customization, personalization, and rich opportunities for networking and collaboration. The purpose of this text is to clarify and present applications and practices of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning to meet the educational challenges of students in diverse learning setting. This text will bring teachers and university education into a bold new reality and cause them to move to think differently about technology’s potential for strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning. |
Contents
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Teaching and Learning with Web 2 0 | 43 |
Part II | 59 |
Instructional Design and Pedagogical Issues with | 85 |
and Pedagogical Issues | 101 |
Blogs and Wikis as Instruments | 119 |
Wiki Environments for Learning | 137 |
Reflective Learning for the Net Generation | 153 |
Using Technology | 233 |
Keeping the Class Connection About the Editors 369 | 247 |
Planning for 21st Century Technologies | 255 |
Is There a Place in Second Life for K12 Education? | 277 |
Uses for Web 2 0 Tools in Instructional Settings | 291 |
Designing Professional Development to Support Teachers | 301 |
Supporting 1 0 Teachers in a 2 0 World | 317 |
Accessibility Issues for Web 2 0 | 333 |
Collaboratively Designed Virtual Learning | 169 |
Wikis as | 179 |
Making a Connection | 197 |
Looking Back OnForward from | 215 |
Characteristics Implications | 343 |
Glossary of Terms | 361 |
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Wired for Learning: An Educator's Guide to Web 2.0 Terry T. Kidd,Irene Chen No preview available - 2009 |
Wired for Learning: An Educator's Guide to Web 2.0 Terry T. Kidd,Irene Chen No preview available - 2009 |
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