My first suggestion for a 2.0 tool was Google Sites because it makes it possible to create e-portfolios, which I consider quite useful as a reflection logbook for students. Then I remembered there is another similar tool, called Mahara, which goes even beyond, as you can see from the following description:
Mahara (meaning 'think' or 'thought' in te reo Māori) is an open source e-portfolio, web log, profile and resumé builder, and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. Mahara lets students keep a portfolio that they can use and add to throughout their schooling, allowing them to keep files, write blogs, build resumés, submit work for assessment, and contact and interact in groups with other Mahara users.
It provides tools for the student to be able to arrange selections of their learning material and reflection on them for others to view, facilitating assessment, peer and teacher review, or parental interaction. Mahara is designed to provide users with the tools to demonstrate their life-long learning, skills, and development over time to selected audiences.
For teachers, the Mahara environment can facilitate the recording of and reflecting on their own professional development, networking, resumés, research and peer review, sharing and collaborating, and be used as a teaching tool.
Mahara is a learner-centric, stand-alone system that can be integrated into a wider virtual learning framework. Designed to be a modular system that takes advantage of the burgeoning range of Web 2.0 tools available, Mahara is inspired by Moodle, and in fact can be networked together with Moodle with a single sign-in.
Taking advantage of the Portfolio and Repository APIs in Moodle 2, a student's Moodle work can be saved easily in Mahara and files that already exist in a student's Mahara account can be linked in Moodle.
Mahara started as a collaborative New Zealand venture that is constantly evolving through the collaboration of the now world-wide open source community. You can register here to explore the demo site of the latest version of Mahara, read more on the about Mahara page, and look through some of its features here.
It seems interesting to me, I hope you agree :)
Raluca
Mahara (meaning 'think' or 'thought' in te reo Māori) is an open source e-portfolio, web log, profile and resumé builder, and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. Mahara lets students keep a portfolio that they can use and add to throughout their schooling, allowing them to keep files, write blogs, build resumés, submit work for assessment, and contact and interact in groups with other Mahara users.
It provides tools for the student to be able to arrange selections of their learning material and reflection on them for others to view, facilitating assessment, peer and teacher review, or parental interaction. Mahara is designed to provide users with the tools to demonstrate their life-long learning, skills, and development over time to selected audiences.
For teachers, the Mahara environment can facilitate the recording of and reflecting on their own professional development, networking, resumés, research and peer review, sharing and collaborating, and be used as a teaching tool.
Mahara is a learner-centric, stand-alone system that can be integrated into a wider virtual learning framework. Designed to be a modular system that takes advantage of the burgeoning range of Web 2.0 tools available, Mahara is inspired by Moodle, and in fact can be networked together with Moodle with a single sign-in.
Taking advantage of the Portfolio and Repository APIs in Moodle 2, a student's Moodle work can be saved easily in Mahara and files that already exist in a student's Mahara account can be linked in Moodle.
Mahara started as a collaborative New Zealand venture that is constantly evolving through the collaboration of the now world-wide open source community. You can register here to explore the demo site of the latest version of Mahara, read more on the about Mahara page, and look through some of its features here.
It seems interesting to me, I hope you agree :)
Raluca
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