In the conversations about educational uses of technology the term 'School 2.0' is being used to to describe what schools might look like in the not too distant future. The term '21st Century Skills' refers to the skills set students will need to function in an information saturated and highly 'connected' world. If you look at the image below you might note the there are many parts of this future that are happening right now.
Blogs, wikis, social networking, social bookmarking, rss feeds are all part of Web 2.0/School 2.0 tools being used today. What are they?
Click here to watch a video explaining social networking in plain english.
Click here to watch a video explaining social bookmarking in plain english.
Click here to watch a video explaining blogs in plain english.
Click here to watch a video explaiing wikis in plan english.
Click here to watch a video explaining RSS feeds in plain english.