Web 2.0 to Go!

My first sneak peak into the word of Web 2.0 was several years ago when my husband, (who is not particulary tech savvy) asked me if I had ever heard of podcasts. He said that Georgia Tech had a “podcast” and you could listen to it anywhere anytime.
I started investigating and was hooked. Podcasting led to blogging, blogging led to wikis and suddenly the web 2.0 world EXPLODED! My children, in middle school at the time were using technology like instant messaging and zanga to communicate. So I knew that there was something to all of this connectivity!
There is such great significance to be found in all of the collaboration and people actually joining their gifts, talents and knowledge TOGETHER to create even more gifts, talent and knowledge!!
I felt as excited as I was about these technologies, we could use them to engage our students. Web 2.0 is so empowering to all of us. It gives EVERYONE a “voice” and an audience. Add to that the pricetag, which in most cases is FREE, the ability to collaborate and become multiple voices and you have what I believe to be the most significant addition to our education backpack in the last 100 years!