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 * Proposal submission #21298**

Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why?
 * Title**

Alice Bedard-Voorhees, Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, avoorhees@coloradomtn.edu Lisa Cheney-Steen, Colorado Community College System, Denver, Colorado, USA, Lisa.Cheney-Steen@cccs.edu
 * Presenter(s)**

Web 2.0 has brought with it many new interactive tools that you could incorporate into your teaching tool box. After all of the hype though, why? What is it about these new tools that make them worth using? What do they bring to your teaching repertoire that the learning management system you already use doesn't offer? In this session we will talk about the "Why?" of Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs, RSS feeds, and tagging software.
 * Description**

While a course shell may have many of your own materials, why would anyone bother with blogs, wikis, RSS feeds or video from web sources?

Explore how the use of Web 2.0 tools add currency, community and real-life connections, content mobility, and the opportunity for learners to use tools they love to explore course content as well.

Forum Not previously published Intermediate audience
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