Web+2.0

=Web 2.0=

A new set of tools make up a 2nd generation version of the web. Here's a striking description of web 2.0, created by a college professor in Kansas. media type="youtube" key="6gmP4nk0EOE"

=Preeminent Tools=

Social Networking sites, including: Tagging systems (aka folksonomies), including: User-created content, including: Blogs, including: Personal Computer Applications on the web, including: Communications =How are Schools Using Web 2.0?=
 * MySpace
 * Facebook
 * Orkut
 * flickr
 * del.icio.us
 * Wikipedia
 * Wikispaces
 * YouTube
 * Slideshare
 * Blogger
 * Typepad
 * Wordpress
 * Google Docs & Spreadsheets
 * [|Gliffy]
 * Skype


 * Students and teachers both consult Wikipedia.
 * Teachers are blogging //for// their classes. (3 CEA teachers currently do this: [|Megan], [|Nina], and [|Jenny])
 * Teachers are involving students in writing blogs. ([|search Google for the book Secret Life of Bees] for a striking example)
 * Classes are using wikis to create and store class projects.
 * Students are creating videos for class and posting them to YouTube and the like. ([|The Causes of World War I] is an example)
 * Students are having conversations with experts in the field. (see this interview with [|nanotech expert Earl Boysen])