Topic > Web 2.0 vs. Pedagogy - 766

Web 2.0 is an advanced technology that many people use for communication such as blogging, social networking, entertainment, and to obtain information about specific problems, events, and people. It facilitates interactive and collaborative application, user-centered design, and development of the World Wide Web (Rad, 2007). This system is not originally designed for teaching for learning purposes, but some educators were previously attracted to using it as an educational tool. (Peltier, 2009) Voice Wire The integration of literacy and technology is very useful for students to fully understand the specific information and also for educators who will improve their teaching strategy through the adaptability of the voice wire. Considering the progress of technologies and knowledge of each educator and the will of students, this progress will not be impossible to achieve as desired. Who will help make the voice thread effective for users, depending on their abilities to adapt the process of information dissemination and interaction towards a feedback mechanism, will certainly be manageable and all questions will be given sufficient attention. Voice Thread is an online tool that was not originally intended as a classroom tool, but in 2008 Burden carried out a study where Voice Thread can be used as an educational tool to improve teaching and student learning. This type of online application presents a new designed learning tool that engages students and motivates them to explore and gain knowledge through collaborative video conversations, images, power points and audio files. Voice Thread has the ability to safely welcome students to not only become readers but also participants. (Freyer, 2008) Voice Thread allows interaction between the user and participants through the exchange of comments in oral or textual form. This application also allows privacy of published documents where you can choose only the audience or participants who can view your post. To attract students' interest more, Voice Thread also allows you to post images or videos for better presentation (Anderson, 2010). For better audio commentary, Lofton (2008) suggested using Audacity, a free downloadable application that allows editing and volume adjustment. Another tip is to use a better quality microphone (Lofton, 2008). Voice Thread may pose an accessibility issue for students with low bandwidth. Additionally, viewing the application on a mobile phone can be difficult because it uses Flash to deliver content.