Web 2.0 will spur and facilitate transformational change in education.
Web 2.0 is beginning to transform the way educators and students work and learn. These changes are likely to accelerate over the next few years:
- New organizational structures
- New ways of learning and new kinds of skills
- New kinds of behaviors
- New way to differentiate instruction
- New ways to keep students interested and engaged in school
- New kinds of relationships- Learn more about Transformational Change in Learning (one-page PDF)
Try it Out
The following websites exemplify best practices of Web 2.0 for education.
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United Nations World Food Programme offers interactive educational games that provide a global perspective on teaching and learning. For example,
Food Force send students on a food emergency mission.
Stop Disasters! helps students think through responses to earthquakes, flood, hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires.
Against All Odds helps students experience what is like to be a refugee.