There are a lot of neat 2.0 Tools available on the web. I found two that I really liked. Pandanian is so simple and it is free! It is a tool that allows you to create an e-book. You can easily copy and paste images as you create the book page by page. With five children and a ton of photos, I can easily create books for each of my children. Slide.ly is another favorite of mine from the list. It allows you to search for photos online or use your own and combine them with music to create musical video-like slideshows. Again, this is something that appeals to me for my personal life, but it is very cool and something that I would like to try. One of the 2.0 Tools that I found that will be more of a benefit to students is one called, "In Focus" It allows you to highlight a section of any webpage and then provides you with a unique URL address that links to what you've highlighted on the page. Introducing this to my students could be beneficial to them in research they do or in studying for different subject matters.
How the internet is revolutionizing education (infographic) URL was a most interesting read. It is amazing to think that therea re currently 3 million online-only students in the U.S. and that is more than the total number of college students in France. To me that is mind boggling! To see what the Khan Academy, University of Phoenix, and the Open University in the UK have accomplished is mind boggling as well! In 1989 the University of Phoenix had only 12 students and now it is the largest university in the U.S. with more than 500,000 students! The internet is definitely changing the way we learn. Higher education can be attained by all as anyone with an internet connection can educate themselves.
How the internet is revolutionizing education (infographic) URL was a most interesting read. It is amazing to think that therea re currently 3 million online-only students in the U.S. and that is more than the total number of college students in France. To me that is mind boggling! To see what the Khan Academy, University of Phoenix, and the Open University in the UK have accomplished is mind boggling as well! In 1989 the University of Phoenix had only 12 students and now it is the largest university in the U.S. with more than 500,000 students! The internet is definitely changing the way we learn. Higher education can be attained by all as anyone with an internet connection can educate themselves.