Prospective Teachers’ Opinions about Web 2.0 and Web 2.0 Tools

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine prospective teachers’ opinions about Web 2.0 and Web 2.0 tools through word association form and written opinion form. In the study, case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study group included 100 prospective teachers studying in the senior year at Balıkesir University Necatibey Faculty of Education in Türkiye in the 2023-2024 academic year. Data collection tools were Web 2.0 Word Association Form and Web 2.0 Written Opinion Form. Data were analyzed by content analysis method, and the answers given to the questions were grouped under codes, categories, and themes. It was determined that the prospective teachers mostly associated Web 2.0 with “technology, Internet, and Canva” and the prospective teachers mostly made sentences related to “education, convenience, and technology” regarding Web 2.0. Their prominent codes related to the definition of Web 2.0 were: “Convenience, technology and education”. It was determined that the Web 2.0 tools that the prospective teachers know most were “Canva, Kahoot, Wordwall, and YouTube”, and the Web 2.0 tools they used most were “Canva, Kahoot and Teams”. The prospective teachers saw “Canva, Wordwall, Kahoot and Teams” as the most useful Web 2.0 tools in classes. In undergraduate programs, the prospective teachers stated that Web 2.0 was mostly given in “lectures, applications were used, homework was given, and it was used in PowerPoint/presentations”. Regarding the integration of Web 2.0 into lessons, the prospective teachers mentioned that this could mostly be done at school “in lessons, activity preparation, use of Web 2.0 tools, and measurement-evaluation”.