WEEK 7 REFLECTION

In this week lecture, we were exposed to web 2.0 tools. There are many kind of web 2.o tools that exist and we can manipulate those tools to be use in teaching and learning process.

Before this, maybe we use this platform for social networking and so on.

For information, Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information. By increasing what was already possible in "Web 1.0", they provide the user with more user-interface, software and storage facilities, all through their browser. This has been called "Network as Platform" computing. Users can provide the data that is on a Web 2.0 site and exercise some control over that data.These sites may have an "Architecture of participation" that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it.

For this lecture, we were introduced to a few web 2.0 platforms that can be used as a medium for the teaching and learning process. The platforms are :

• wikis
• blog
• social networking (e.g: facebook)
• media sharing

The four platforms have different functions. It shows that web 2.0 consist of variety of function which meet the users. If we use those platforms in the right way, it able to be good platform for teaching and learning process.