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A Taste of Web 2.0
Get Going and Get that Promise
Get the courage to use the tools that students are already using, but in many cases without role models for responsible use. Update your school acceptable use policy to address Web 2.0 and all those mobile devices that students use now and the emerging technologies that are sure to follow. Chances are that you need a little help. Len Scrogan (2007) provides just that in his AUPs in a Web 2.0 World. Get that promise from students to be LARK, and when they cross the line, ask them if what they did is LARK, that is Legal, Appropriate, Responsible, and Kind. It's an acronym they most likely will remember, suggested by Pamela Livingston (2007, Aug. 3) in her Classroom 2.0 blog post on AUPs. The term has no copyright.
Promise yourself to try at least one Web 2.0 application. If you need a little more inspiration, read Web 2.0 Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide Web edited by Terry Freedman (2006). This free 93-page booklet, also available in audio format, provides more practical advice on how to get going and applications in education.
And there you have it: a taste of Web 2.0 ... and mostly free, too.
Extra Credit The resources mentioned in this article can be found at the links below.
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