Web 2.0

This video talks about the technology which
helps students as well as teachers to acquire language easily. In this video
Brian Stanley an english teacher  talks about his particular interest in
technology hich is helpful for the 21st century learner.

 He particularly gives reference about tool
web 2.0 he is particularly  interested in technology which deals with the
quick look of the existing virtual world of second life with promising
possibilities which posing educational activities with full of technologies
such as:

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Blogs

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Wikis

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Wikipedia

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Videos

Blogs:

 It is an www a distinct feature and also different type of
tool. It is used by language teacher for publishing student WORK
ONLINE and they can also put eyes on what is happening in the
classroom, giving homework and also gives link to the interested  and
relevant group of students.It is the most basic way to empowering the students.
It makes easy to interact from any part of world for students.

By using blogs we can create a small community for language
learning.

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Wikis:

           Wikis is the basic type
of website .In Wikis content is given important not design. We can make our
page in wikis which can be edited to add and delete improper thing. It has a
vision to function. Wikis is used by the teacher for making classroom project,
online classroom web page can be easily changed by the teacher. They can
collobrate the students all around the world.

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Wikipedia:

 It is like wikis.

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Podcast:

            Podcast helps students
to connect around the world using voice as well as different resources to
listen. It appeals to "digital natives".(Prensky,2001.).

 Students of today and future use this. Digital immigrants
may think book or telephone tools  or vital for getting information or to
communicate with people.

 Podcast is used for audio and video file whatever you
want, and it is used for downloading and listening wherever and whenever you
want. you can keep language lesson with you. you can listen it in lunch hour
using mp3 player as many time as you want.Teacher start producing podcast for
student and also to share, and opening of the classroom to the wider world.

 They take great care of the work they produce. Lot of
directories, where you can make student available to the world and also getting
contact with light minded teacher, running podcasting project, community
practise online best placing to getting touch with podcasting classes.

To sum up we can say that this E-learning gives us platform to
student as well as teacher for learning and creating tools for educational
purposes for language learning. This is especially useful for distant learning
students.