W E B 2.

0:
Free Tools for Teacher Development
and Learners’ Fun
session 3

Sonia Triana Echeverría.

DIPLOMADO EN DIDÁCTICA DEL INGLÉS PARA BÁSICA PRIMARIA

Universidad Central
Mayo 23, 2008
What is WEB 2.0 ?
 At the heart of all Web 2.0 tools lies the
word collaboration.
 What differentiates Web 2.0 tools is that
they encourage participation from the user
as opposed to the user just gathering
information from them.
 People are encouraged to create their
own content, collaborate with others and
share the work they have created.
Characteristics
 Hyperlinking is the foundation of the web.

 Users add new content, and new sites, it is

bound in to the structure of the web by other
users discovering the content and linking to it.

 Users can own the data on a Web 2.0 site and

exercise control over that data.
Characteristics
• Another big element of Web 2.0 is
democracy.

• The most dramatic example of Web 2.0

democracy is not in the selection of ideas, but
their production.

• The ultimate way to be nice to users is to

give them something for free that competitors
charge for.
 TOOLKIT
Tools for teacher development
and learners’ fun
 http://www.zimmertwins.com/ video maker
 http://www.voki.com/ avatar maker
 http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/
 http://www.toolsforeducators.com/handouts
 http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
 http://nationalgeographic.com/kids/ngo/cartoons/more.html
 http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic
 http://www.squidoo.com/wordsearchmaker
 http://www.classmarker.com/ free online quizzes
 http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
 http://www.zimmertwins.com/

http://www.zimmertwins.com/node/592974/
http://www.voki.com/
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/storymak
er_done.aspx
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/handouts/
www.eclipsecrossword.com
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ngo/cartoons/more.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/material
s/comic/
http://www.classmarker.com
http://www.squidoo.com/wordsearchmaker
 BRAINSTORMING & WORKSHOP
Creative ways if using the tools in your classes

•Teachers will get into pairs and will brain

storm about possible activities using these
free tools.
•Workshop: teachers will explore the tools and
make their own creations to be included in
their Webquests.
REFERENCES

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-
20.html?page=2 HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html. WEB2.0 Democracy