What are your feelings on using Web 2.0 applications in your classroom or in your own teaching?- My feelings on using web 2.0 application is really positive! I love using application as such because first, its free and second its easy to use and access.
- Are there pitfalls to relying on Web 2.0 applications?
- Yes! One major pitfall to relying on Web 2.0 applications are internet access. Most of the web 2.0 applications are mostly online while a few can be done offline.
- Do you trust Web 2.0 applications?
- Yes I do trust some websites! But of course, before giving the websites to our students, we as educators need to explore the site especially if you are not familiar with the site. We would explore it first just so we know the technical difficulties and when our students need help we can help them out.
- These apps tend to be free so should we look to these kinds of solutions before looking to purchase a product? For example, schools might spend about $80 to get Microsoft Office on each computer, but Google Docs is free.
- I believe that we should look into these kinds of solutions first before we look into purchasing a product. Because some of the items that we bought, teachers are not using or maybe not aware of the product. So yes starting of with free apps and purchasing the real later would be a great idea! Doing this can somewhat saves us $.
Awesome job and I agree with you that some items purchased for the school, soem teachers are either not aware of it or now how to use it. So it is best to start out free and "purchase the real later". :)
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