Web 2.0 in Education

Mar 1, 2008 education, Technology

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After watching the webcast of the TEDPrize talks this morning, I checked out Once Upon a School, and saw this idea: Help a school develop a useful website presence.

That got me thinking. I’m not sure about America, but over here in Singapore, most schools don’t have much of a web presence. And most schools aren’t making the most of web tools. And reading that basically got me thinking about how schools could make better use of web (or Web 2.0) tools.

The first idea that came to mind is Twitter. Those of you who are on Twitter (and if you’re not, you really should be) would have seen how it has been used during the Superbowl, the Oscars, and even during Podcamps and various events. It provides a way to have live discussions – live ‘commentary’, if you will – about the ongoing event. Couldn’t we transfer the way Twitter is used in Podcamps to the education system – for use during lectures, for example?

That’s just the first, most instinctive idea that came to mind. What do you think? And what other ways do you think schools can make use of Web 2.0 tools?

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  • http://mokshjuneja.com Moksh Juneja

    what about alumini / school / college forum… ??

  • http://mokshjuneja.com Moksh Juneja

    what about alumini / school / college forum… ??

  • Derrick Kwa

    Yeah, a forum is I think the most fundamental necessity. On the positive side, a number of schools have a forum, I think the hard part is getting students involved in the forum.

    Just a thought for you. Do you think a school forum should be limited to school topics? Or should students be allowed to talk about their personal interests/lives?

  • http://uniquefrequency.wordpress.com Daryl Tay

    I'm going to vote for FriendFeed and del.icio.us

    Friendfeed because it allows people in the same class to keep abreast of what everyone (including the professors) are reading in related topics, and del.icio.us because it'll be a good place to store references that may be useful for the course permanently.

    Daryl Tay's last blog post..Icio Week 8

  • Derrick Kwa

    Yeah, a forum is I think the most fundamental necessity. On the positive side, a number of schools have a forum, I think the hard part is getting students involved in the forum.

    Just a thought for you. Do you think a school forum should be limited to school topics? Or should students be allowed to talk about their personal interests/lives?

  • http://uniquefrequency.wordpress.com Daryl Tay

    I’m going to vote for FriendFeed and del.icio.us

    Friendfeed because it allows people in the same class to keep abreast of what everyone (including the professors) are reading in related topics, and del.icio.us because it’ll be a good place to store references that may be useful for the course permanently.

    Daryl Tay’s last blog post..Icio Week 8

  • Derrick Kwa

    Good suggestions. I haven't used FriendFeed much, so I can't really comment about it. But I agree that del.icio.us would be a useful tool.

  • Derrick Kwa

    Good suggestions. I haven’t used FriendFeed much, so I can’t really comment about it. But I agree that del.icio.us would be a useful tool.

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