Benefits+of+Web+2.0

=__**Benefits**:__= __Blogs can__ From: Eide Neurolearning Blog, 2005 as found in //Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms// (pg.20)
 * Promote critical and analytical thinking.
 * Combine the best of solitary reflection and social interaction.
 * Be a powerful promoter of creative, intuitive, and associational thinking
 * Promote analogical thinking
 * Be a powerful medium for increasing access and exposure to quality information.

__Weblogs as a Class Portal__
 * Communicate information - can even have parents get RSS feed (and thus be updated when new information is added)
 * Archive course material
 * Place to publish curriculum, syllabus, class rules, homework assignments, rubrics, handout, and presentations

__Wikis and Blogs and other Web 2.0 tools__
 * Students can publish writing on the web for others to view - more authentic reason for writing.
 * Students can read each other's work and respond to it in a written format - making sure that their writing makes sense and is complete in thought
 * Students can work together to produce writing and strengthen learning thus making the learning situation cooperative.