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Web 2.0 provides a wide range of interactive options for students and teachers to expand their learning experiences and curriculum.Digital storytelling creates a personal multimedia story using photographs, music, voice and writing. //"Will kids learn as a result? Does this project constitute enough risk, is it provocative enough, does it use the tools of their generation to publish something of value, something of meaning and in the process, teach them about how theyy can be lifelong contributors and what they have to say can make a difference?'"// (Solomon & Schrum, 2007 p. 83-84). The introduction of Flickr (www.flickr.com) provides the venue for students to develop and post their storytelling projects. Various successful classroom projects developed by innovative teachers showed effective use of various forms of web tools and digital media.

Another strong example of incorporating the best models of teaching, learning, and student-driven content activities is ThinkQuest (www.thinkquest.org) (Solomon & Shrum, 2007 p. 97). This program inspires students to think, connect, create, and share while working in teams to build web sites (ThinkQuest, 2006, n.p.) Sharing by both students and educators is an inviting venue to show the world ones value and contributions. Opportunities are limitless at this point and a new idea may be within one of the students in this course that just needs publishing or posting or blogging to the world that waiting.

Solomon, G., and Schrum, L., (2007). //Web 2.0: New tools, New schools.// Eugene, OR: International Society of Technology in Education, 77-98.