What
are Web 2.0 Tools?
Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 are business terms used
to describe the way online users utilise the World Wide Web.
- Web 1.0 Tools are the online technologies
that are used to find out information (read only aspect
of online education). Ownership is foremost.
- Web 2.0 Tools are the online technologies
that are used to write/publish on the World Wide Web (interactive
engagement online). Sharing and collaboration encompass
the tools.
Many schools already utilise Web 1.0 Tools. The Digital Education
Revolution requires educators to prepare learners to live
and work in a digital world through the use of innovative
learning technologies, which include Web 2.0 Tools.
Some of the Web 2.0 Tools educators could integrate into
classroom practices are listed below. Click on each for more
information (under development):
- RSS
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Podcasting/Vodcasting
- Social Networking
- Social Bookmarking
- Storage Repositories
- Other Applications
The following links provide addition information about Web
2.0 Tools:
Interactive
Directory of Web 2.0 Tools (all about Web 2.0 Tools, using
Web 2.0 Tools)
Copyright
implications for Web 2.0 Tools
Acknowledgement:
This explanation was established after accessing the following
sources:
- Ref:
http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au accessed
October 2008.
- Classmate Article – Northern Territory
News (2008), The Next Generation: Web 2.0.
- Pearce, J. (2008), Technology Toolkit:
Introducing you to Web 2.0, Nelson Cengage Learning,
South Melbourne, Victoria
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