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 * **How do we improve student's knowledge, skills, and abilities using Web 2.0 tools in the 21st Century?**
 * (Jeff) We improve by continuing to educate them about the different uses and benefits of these tools.I think it is inevitable that this way of learning and teaching will take place in ther near future. Students and teachers must adapt or fall behind in the world of education.It is ever changing and we must adapt.
 * (Beryl) We allow and enable students to use these tools. If we are too cautious, we miss the opportunities that using online resources and working with others provide. We need to provide/promote activities to allow students to find answers, access and use peers’ knowledge and skills, and pool resources to arrive at a solution or create a product for an audience.
 * (Beryl) I think you're right this way of learning and teaching is here. Businesses are using these methods more and more, so we need to help students be successful at these methods.
 * (Tina) Using 2.0 tools enables students to use tools at school that a lot of them are using in their personal lives. The tools are challenging, motivational, and generates interest in learning through the use of them. It is to the detrement of a child's education if educators continue to block the use of them. Collaboration, comunication, and interaction are 21st Century skills that will surely improve student's knowledge, skills, and abilities using wikis, blogs, Google docs, etherpad, and even Twitter. It's up to us to monitor the use of the tools to ensure the students are using them appropriately. In addition, these tools are beneficial to educators as well--as I'm sure you're realizing.
 * (Beryl) The point about this being the kind of tools they typically use is important and should help us realize that we MUST help them use them effectively.
 * (Joey) I agree that this is the future and would have to admit that it is pretty neat. I think this is very intriguing for students and would be a better way for some of them to become engaged. The opportunities for these tools as an athletic director are endless. The key is learning how to use them and how to monitor student use. The only thing that scares me about these tools are that our students are loosing some of their communication skills and are hidding behind the computer and cell phone to some degree. Things are said through this form of communication that will never be said face to face. As far as using it as a student/teacher tool I think it is great!