| Since the internet came into everyday use, | | | | networking sites began popping up in every |
| teachers have been leveraging it for education - | | | | industry - and the education niche is no exception. |
| and rightly so. Initially, the tech savvy teachers | | | | Social networks are an excellent alternative to |
| were the only ones with websites. Then, a | | | | creating a teacher website. And, it's a free |
| number of companies popped up that allowed | | | | website. All of the necessary features for a |
| teachers to create their own. Some were, and still | | | | teacher website exist: posting files, images, |
| are, free. Others were, and still are, available for a | | | | lessons, videos, homework, etc. In addition, of |
| monthly subscription fee. | | | | course, you get the ability to interact with your |
| But, whether a teacher created a free website, | | | | students and their parents. And that is where |
| or paid for one, in the end, they most likely have | | | | web 2.0 is so powerful for education. It is exactly |
| a collection of static webpages. | | | | this kind of interaction that will drive learning |
| Enter web 2.0. | | | | forward. Add to that the potential for opening up |
| The days of static webpages are fading away. | | | | the interaction to thousands of other students |
| Starting a while back, with Amazon's book | | | | and teachers, and the learning aspect explodes. |
| reviews, websites have increasingly turned to | | | | If you're a teacher looking to create a website. |
| users for content. That all exploded - led by | | | | Go for the free website. Go web 2.0. |
| MySpace and Facebook. Soon, niche social | | | | |