This document lists the top 10 reasons to use Web 2.0 tools in education, including motivating students by using tools they already use personally, aligning with educational standards, preparing students with real world skills through collaboration and interactive learning, providing authentic audiences and a global learning environment, and being mostly free and fun to use.

1. Top 10 Reasons to Use Web 2.0 Tools in EducationBy Vicki Santacroce

2. 1.Motivate and involve students in learning, using tools that many already use for personal purposes.

3. 2.Align with standards:Core, AASL, ISTE, 21st Century Learner…

4. 3.Prepare students with authentic skills for working in the real world.

5. 4.Encourage collaborative learning strategies.

6. 5.Support learning as a social process.

7. 6.Allow for interactive learning.

8. 7.Provide student with authentic audiences.

9. 8.Provide an anytime, anywhere learning environment.

10. 9.Connect students to a global community of learners.

11. 10.Most are free and fun to use (i.e. motivates learners).

12. ResourcesBerger, P., & Trexler, S. (2010). Choosing Web 2.0 Tools for Learning and Teaching in a Digital World. Santa Barabara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.