#5

My favorite Web 2.0 tool that I've experienced so far (mind you I don't have much experience with them) are wikis. I like the community experience, as well as the teamwork that the format supports. I also think that the responsibility of admining, managing, and contributing content makes for a great lesson in the subject of internet citizenship. This could be a useful way to introduce students to the social constructs nesecary for the internet to function.

One Web 2.0 tool I might use is Prezi - it's just such a smoother alternative to Powerpoint and I think that it allows student to have more creative freedom with their collaborative peer-education content. More freedom in assignments is something I feel is always constructive and allows students to excercise their minds more.

I really like the notion of "gameification," and the energy that education games brings to the classroom. Like even when I heard about Oregon Trail in class I got so excited! I played it for a bit and saw how strangely educational it was - but I never got bored of it. And its a great way to get an idea to really invigorate a educational concept kids