The main purpose of this research is to determine teachers' views on using Web 2.0 tools in education In accordance with this purpose, participant teachers were asked to express their expectations for the training before they took the training and perceptions on the training after completing it. Additionally, teachers were asked which Web 2.0 tools they liked the most. Within the scope of the project entitled "Education Bag: The Use of Web 2.0 Tools in Education" the research where teachers' views about the process were taken was conducted in accordance with the qualitative research method. 148 teachers from 21 different cities participated in this TÜBİTAK project. An online structured form prepared for the purpose of the research was shared with the participating teachers. This form included three questions as (i) teachers' expectations for the training, (ii) training efficiency and (iii) which Web 2.0 tools they liked/favoured during the training process. Data was analysed with content analysis. Data obtained from the content analysis were discussed under two sub-titles as expectations related to education and post-education views. Participant teachers' training expectations were gathered under four different themes. These themes are teacher, course, education and student. Participant teachers' post-training views were also shaped under four themes. These themes are training, content, teacher and instructors. Majority of the participant teachers liked online test preparation tool Quizizz most. Second most liked Web 2.0 tool is Metaverse that can develop augmented reality applications. Edmodo, Google Forms, Edpuzzle and Nearpod are among other favoured educational Web 2.0 tools. Metin girmek için burayı tıklatın.

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The aim of this study is to reveal Computer Education and Instructional Technologies student teachers', who are in a distance teacher education program, perceptions on past, present and educational technologies of future via infographics. In this study, 54 infographics, which were created by student teachers who were enrolled in Special Teaching Methods II course at spring semester of 2013-2014 academic years, were analyzed. The infographics were analyzed via document review technique. These themes are "Educational technologies of past" (f=241), "Educational technologies of present" (f=240) and "Educational technologies of future" (f=158). Student teachers mentioned the most frequently "CD" (f=34) and "Television" (f=32) oriented to educational technologies of past. The most frequent views on educational technologies of present were "Smartboard" (f=24) and "Online Courses" (f=23). The most frequent opinion of student teachers about the educational technologies of future is "Holograms" (f=26) and "Virtual classroom" (f=22).