Top News - Schools get help in using Web 2.0 tools:
"Web 2.0 tools also can enhance schoolwide communication and decision making, said Gordon Dahlby, director of curriculum and technology for the West Des Moines Community School District in Iowa.
One-way communication, in which eMail blasts, newsletters, web posts, or meeting minutes are used to spread the word, 'is so last century,' Dahlby said. Instead, he recommended using Web 2.0 tools to facilitate problem solving and increase collaboration and transparency. 'The committee,' according to Dahlby, 'is dead.' Why choose a group of people to meet and make decisions, he explained, when you can post the question online and let people respond using Web 2.0 tools?
To help educators better understand the different tools available, the EdTechNext report breaks down the different types of Web 2.0 tools into more specific categories, such as:"
"Web 2.0 tools also can enhance schoolwide communication and decision making, said Gordon Dahlby, director of curriculum and technology for the West Des Moines Community School District in Iowa.
One-way communication, in which eMail blasts, newsletters, web posts, or meeting minutes are used to spread the word, 'is so last century,' Dahlby said. Instead, he recommended using Web 2.0 tools to facilitate problem solving and increase collaboration and transparency. 'The committee,' according to Dahlby, 'is dead.' Why choose a group of people to meet and make decisions, he explained, when you can post the question online and let people respond using Web 2.0 tools?
To help educators better understand the different tools available, the EdTechNext report breaks down the different types of Web 2.0 tools into more specific categories, such as:"