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= = Chapter 8: Systemic Issues This chapter focuses on ways teachers can implement Web 2.0 tools in the curriculum. It specifically focuses on ways to create opportunities for various sub-groups of students within our learning communities. The chapter offered several ideas for integrating technology into all demographics of the school population. 1. **Ways ELL learners benefit from web 2.0 technology** > 1.   Blog as a tutor – teacher posts giving student opportunities to read and practice reading vocabulary in context. > 2.   Student created blogs –ELL students practice writing and reading in English in a nonthreatening social environment. > 3.   Class blogs – support discussion or identify questions or concerns. >  > 1.   Using interactive listening mazes where students decide what happens next in a story helps model pronunciation, review vocabulary or learn short phrases in a fun way. > 2.   Coursecasting – secure sites allow students to listen to lectures from instructors > 3.   Making audio files for materials from class accessible allows students to listen when they want, as many times as desired and puts students in control of learning.
 * Creating classroom Blogs, ELL students can make language usage meaningful.
 * Podcasting –
 * Creating electronic portfolios on personal websites as a non-threatening alternate evaluation to standardized tests.

2. **Ways students with special needs benefit from web 2.0 technology** 3. **Ways to promote digital equity for all students**  4. **Authentic assessment using technology to increase motivation and student collaboration**  >   o     Podcasts & Video casts > o   Video conferencing > o   Blogs & wikis > o   e-portfolios > o   Digital storytelling >
 * Through meaningful engagement with language through implementation of listening centers, video and computer stations, partner games and group work providenatural differentiation, increased vocabulary acquisition and improved pronunciation (Collier, 1997;Peregoy & Boyle, 2005).
 * Can access podcasts, videos and resources when they would like to fit their needs.
 * Students who need many and varied repetitions benefit from the many web 2.0 resources.
 * Making audio files for materials from class accessible allows students to listen when they want as many times as desired puts students in control of learning.
 * Parents and older students can communicate with others on Special Education blogs.
 * Parents, teachers and students can learn more about specific accommodations through blogs and wikis.
 * One Laptop per Child
 *    Schools using open-source software, so all students with computers have access to tools at home
 * Allowing technology to be available before and after school for students that don’t have access at home
 * T eachers can use formative, ongoing assessment to monitor progress throughout a unit to focus on the process of learning and/or use authentic summative evaluations at the end of the unit.