According to the University ofMelbourne (2008), “Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of web sites and applications that allow anyone to create and share online information or material they have created”.[1] There are different types of web 2.0 applications including wikis, blogs, social networking, folksonomies, podcasting & content hosting services such as Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr. Since students become more entrenched in technology, teachers need these tools to create virtual extensions of their classrooms, promote new avenues of communication and “offer learners a more participatory experience of learning in which individuals have increased opportunities to interact with more learners and with more learning resources.”[2]
Build your wild self
After trying some resources we found
two interesting webpages you can use to teach English. If you are teaching the
parts of the body for example, this web site is a good resource to make it
funnier and easy going. There you can create your own monster including parts
of the body of humans and animals. It would be profitable if you ask your
students to describe the monster they have created.Make beliefs comix
But if you are teaching routines for
example, this web page is great since it allows your students to make comics
and share them or even print them. The comic would go together with a script
explaining what the characters usually do on a common day. It works as an
illustration and it can be shared using a projector and the student reading
aloud the script.
In short, since students are active
on the Internet, teachers need to open their minds and try to include web 2.0
resources in their teaching for many reasons. For instance, to make learning
relevant, to provide them with opportunities to develop communication skills
that are appropriate and authentic, to expand the classroom, to foster
creativeness among others.
Giuli and Virgi :)
Comment: while we were looking for information about web 2.0 we realized that we are using many of those resources all the time. But there are also thousands of other resources we are not acquainted with or we don't even know that they exist and that they could be really helpful when designing materials for teaching and learning. Now we can profit from them and keep on searching new ways of improving our lessons with technology.
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