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Web 2.0 tools

 

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What the heck does Web 2.0 mean. I sure didn't know that the term even existed until I took this course. PIDP3240. The truth is, people use Web 2.0 tools every day, multiple times a day.

Simply, Web 2.0 is a term used to describe developements to the world wide web that have changed the way that the general public uses it. Web 2.0 makes the internet interactive. It is using the internet for purposes other than the passive viewing of content.

 

This ia an image of a Web 2.0 Map.

Go here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Web_2.0_Map.svg for a full sized interactive version of the map.

 

 

When you click on the links in the Map it takes you directly to the wikipedia page of the same title. All of the words in this map are ways to describe Web 2.0. The Map itself is a Web 2.0 tool.

 

Web 2.0 tools number in the thousands. There are many that can be used in an educational capacity in nearly any subject. I found this great image below that maps tools into catergories...

 

https://sites.google.com/site/educationalweb20tools/

 

The best Web 2.0 tools allow users new ways of collaborating and editing and creating material on the internet. A blog is a Web 2.0 tool that has all these qualities. All social media is Web 2.0.

 

I found a great list of Web 2.0 tools here http://edudemic.com/2011/11/best-web-tools/ As I read through the list, I realized that I have used so many of these, and found many others that I would like to learn to use. This highlights were as follows, click on the titles to go to the official web pages!

 

Skype: Skype has revelutionized affordable long distance education. Skype has allowed group work and collaboration over great distances to become as easy as working with our neighbours.

 

Wikispaces: Wikispaces is an easy and intuitive way for anyone to create and edit informational web pages.

 

Dropbox: Dropbox is an easy way to share documents over the internet, and access them from anywhere.

 

Youtube: Youtube is an endless educational video resource. Videos on youtube are made by amateurs and experts alike. You can learn anything from makeup techniques to advance string theory on here.

 

Amazon: Amazon has almost any piece of media for sale, and they will deliver right to your door. There are a ton of aducational and hard to find titles. Prices are often competiive!

 

These are only a few examples. Are there any examples of Web 2.0 tools that you know of? Anything that I have to know about! Let me know...