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=**What is Web 2.0?**=

[|www.wikipedia.org] defines Web 2.0 as a term describing the trend in the use of [|World Wide Web] technology and [|web design] that aims to enhance [|creativity], information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and [|hosted services], such as [|social-networking sites], [|wikis], [|blogs], and [|folksonomies]. The term became notable after the first [|O'Reilly Media] Web 2.0 conference in [|2004].[|[2]] [|[3]] Although the term suggests a new version of the [|World Wide Web], it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways [|software developers] and [|end-users] use the Web. According to [|Tim O'Reilly]:
 * < “ || Web 2.0 is the [|business] [|revolution] in the [|computer industry] caused by the move to the [|Internet] as [|platform], and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.[|[4]] ||> ” ||


 * The following websites give a brief introduction to some of the interactive web 2.0 sites:**

http://nextweb.majnansworld.com/

http://glovely.wetpaint.com/

http://www.gaillovely.com/

Web 2.0 Tools
[|Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher]--A great list of Web 2.0 tools

[|Judy Brown]--Judy Brown's list of Web 2.0 tools

[|Web 2.0 Integration Ideas/Tasks/Challenges] - great tasks and lessons to familiarize yourself and your students with Web 2.0 tools

Videos and Articles About Web 2.0
[|A Vision of K-12 Students Today]--Check out this video

[|Curriculum 2.0]--Powerful tool

[|Digital Learners]--Our students are digital learners

[|The Class of Web 2.0] - Part 3 in a series, this article lists student and teacher testimonials regarding blogging, as well as some creative classroom uses for Web 2.0 tools

[|School 2.0] - An interactive map of schools using web 2.0 tools

[|All About WIKIS from Teaching Hacks] - your one-stop-shop for wiki knowledge and how-tos

[|Tech-Tools] - a "mindmap" of tech tools (most of them web 2.0) that can be used for various projects


 * Classroom Examples of Web 2.0 Tools**

[|Speaking of History Blog] - a Middle School History teacher's blog, check the "American History Idol" podcast

[|Room 613 Blog] - an example of student blogs

[|The Secret Life of Bees] - students interact with the author as they read the book

[|The Daily Planet] - 5th grade students act as Roving Reporters and use the blog to showcase their efforts

[|Danielle's Writing Space] - the personal blog of a young student


 * Resources

[|Google Docs]

[|Animoto]

[|Bubbl.us]

[|Teacher Tube]**