This document discusses the importance of using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. It notes that Web 2.0 can act as an open library to encourage student autonomy and that various Web 2.0 tools can be used to guide teaching and create new learning environments. The document also states that the new generation of students demands new teaching methods that include the use of mass media and Web tools, and that Web 2.0 strengthens student skills but teachers remain crucial as the tools only serve to help teachers achieve learning outcomes.

1. THE IMPORTANCE OF USING
WEB 2.0 IN CLASS
MATERIAL DEVELOPED BY
CAMILO CARDENAS

2. WEB 2.0
• THIS TOOL IS GOING TO ACT IN THE SAME
WAY OF AN OPEN LIBRARY. WHEN WE LEARN
HOW TO HANDLE IT, WE CAN ENCOURAGE
STUDENTS TO BE MORE AUTONOMOUS

3. AN OPEN WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES
• WE CAN USE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TOOLS TO
GUIDE OUR TEACHING PROCESSES AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN CREATE NEW
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

4. A CHANGE IN TEACHING IS A CHANGE
IN LEARNING
• THE NEW GENERATION OF STUDENTS
DEMAND NEW TEACHING METHODS WHICH
ARE SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE THE USE OF MASS
MEDIA AND WEB TOOLS

5. DOES WEB 2.0 REPLACE TEACHERS?
• THE USE OF WEB 2.0 WILL STRENGHTHEN THE
SKILLS OF STUDENTS BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY, IT IS ONLY A TOOL WHICH SERVES
PROFESSOR FOR GETTING THIS RESULT

6. WEB 2.0 IN USE
• LEAVE EASY TOPICS SUCH AS VOCABULARY
BUILDERS AND STEPS FOR WRITING IN A
MOODLE PLATFORM WHICH CAN LEAD
STUDENTS TO SOME SLIDES IN SLIDESHARE
AND THEN SOME EXERCISES IN ISSUU……YOU
WILL BE ASTONISHED WITH THE RESULTS!