The Journal Article “Crossroads in Education: Issues for Web 2.0, Social Software, and Digital Tools” discuss how advancements in social software are challenging what it means to be educated, and how we choose to educate our students in a world where lifelong learning, creativity and personalization prevail. Although the article is all for social software, it does highlight the need for structure and subject knowledge from experienced teachers. The journal brings up an interesting point that not many things in this world are truly original anymore as people change content and adapt it to their liking to produce their own “original” piece of work. Therefore we need to teach our students how to reference their work correctly for legal purposes. All in all it is a great tool to be implemented into the classroom to assist those students who benefit from interactive, creative learning. Social software allows for cooperative information sharing, and is a great way to utilise collaborative classroom activities.
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