Collaboration is the key

Web 2.0 tools offer many great and amazing benefits as my peers and I have experienced throughout this Literacy and Technology class.  Examples of these tools can be seen thoughout my blog.  The tools of today's Internet [that we all used for the class] can really enhance what I like to call "The 3 Cs"; Communication, Creation, Collaboration.

Communication is hugely enhanced with tools like Gtalk, Skype. and the standard Email.  Not only do these tools allow us to get things done in a timely manner, they also have the potential to teach our students to be dynamically literate in a digital world.

Creation of new and exciting fnished products is possible with just a few clicks.  Of couse, pre requisites are computer literacy and information literacy.  The developers of today's Web 2.0 tools, however, have made the sites quite user-friendly.  And the best part is the cost...FREE.  Afterall, information should be free...right?

The one constant is Collaboration.  In order to be deemed "Web 2.0", a website needs to have a collaborative quality to it.  Wiziq and Webex are online classrooms.  GoogleDocs is another amazing tool by the people at Google that uses a powerpoint format to be able to build presentations collaboratively.  Glogster is another amazing tool to create images of text and pictures collaboratively.  Here is a school newsletter that my team (Veronica Freeman, Kelly Lake, Susan Gunther, and I) made using Glogster....