The Application of Web 2.0 Tools for Literacy Education

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Author(s): Jodi Pilgrim (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, USA)and Christie Bledsoe (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 19
Source title: Technological Tools for the Literacy Classroom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jeff Whittingham (University of Central Arkansas, USA), Stephanie Huffman (University of Central Arkansas, USA), Wendy Rickman (University of Central Arkansas, USA)and Cheryl Wiedmaier (University of Central Arkansas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3974-4.ch003

Keywords: Digital Literacy / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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Today’s children enter classrooms with technology skills influenced by Internet surfing, blogging, texting, messaging, networking, and gaming. Educators should engage students with technology to teach them skills needed in the 21st century. Shifts in Web-based social practices call for changes to print-based pedagogies to include authentic digital forms of communication (Mills & Levido, 2011), as technology has changed communication in a global world. Web 2.0 technologies empower learners to participate in the location, production, sharing, and critical analysis of online text within an international, collaborative environment. The purpose of this chapter is to describe important Web 2.0 tools, the new literacies they reflect, and their applications for classroom use. The chapter will focus on current Web 2.0 practices and research on the use of these tools to improve literacy.

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