Web 2.0 tools

I found that the web 2.0 tools were very intersting to use for educational and teaching purposes. I especially liked the Gliffy map. I think that students would find this useful in making diagrams for comparing and contrasting different concepts and ideas in the classroom. I found that it was fairly easy to use and that most students who are Digital Natives would be able to catch on to it quite easily. As a future teacher and being taught in the age where technology is surrounding me and most of my education is based on technology I find that tools such as the Gliffy map are just mre expanded ways of doing previous tasks that were done on paper. I remember doing Ven Diagrams and other compare and contrast tables on paper and I always thought to myself why can we do these in a more interesting way. And now we have the gliffy map that can be used for this and many other projects and areas in the classroom.
Having had experience with wikis in my past classes I didn't really enjoy having to use or make them. Yes they can be very helpful for teachers in sharing Ideas and concepts and organzing thoughts but I guess because of my past experiences with them I am just not to partial to them. I do, like I said before, Believe that they are a great way to share information with other teachers and for some teachers can be very useful when looking for help or guidance with teaching.
Web 2.0 tools are changing the way teachers learn, train, and educate their students. They provide more interesting, fun, and unique ways for teaching and allows the teachers and the students to be creative. After all I believe that students need to be able to allow their creativity to grow in school and expand as they learn and develop through out their schooling careers.