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__**WEB 2.0:**__ What is it? ([|Wikipedia definition]) //**Web 2.0**// is a trend in the use of [|World Wide Web] technology and [|web design] that aims to facilitate [|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 [|2001].[|[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 webs. According to [|Tim O'Reilly]:

In short, it is the web as a read/write environment. No more is content owned by the few that have the knowledge to publish it, now it is in the hands of the consumer. It is the ability to create and collaborate easily and without the need for complex tools or knowledge.
 * Summary:**

[|Wiki]: "Web based software that allows users to collaboratively create, edit, link, and organize the content of a website." This presentation is being done using a wiki and no other software.
 * Some of the tools:**

http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196605118

[|Blog]: "Web Log" A website where entries/comments are displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs are commonly used to host discussions of a particular topic (Ex. News sites) The Portland Press Herald has a relatively active blogging community for most their local interest stories. http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/home.html Click on any story and there is probably a running commentary from the public.

1. Wiki:
 * Getting started:**
 * Open a web browser to http://wikispaces.com
 * Create a new account. Choose a space name that is easy to remember, this will become the [|URL] for your Wiki
 * Add a little note about yourself and your classroom to the main page by click on the "Edit Page" button.
 * Upload a picture
 * create a link
 * insert a table
 * Create a discussion page
 * Edit the left Navigation panel
 * Questions
 * Explore for 10 mins

2. Del.icio.us (Social Networking/bookmark sharing)
 * What is del.icio.us? The following link is the description from the site.[| http://del.icio.us/about/]
 * My page http://del.icio.us/tbachner330
 * Open a new tab, and go to http://del.icio.us/
 * Create a new account
 * Install Firefox plugins for tagging
 * What is tagging and how can I use it?
 * Go to a website that you find really interesting and tag it. Who else found the same site interesting and did they have something that you found useful.
 * Add a delicious link to Wiki page in a new content area.

Examples: Resources Today's links
 * [|YHSStaff.edublogs.org]
 * http://melnoack.wikispaces.com/
 * http://worldhistoryatyhs .wikispaces.com/
 * [|http://www.areallydifferentplac e.org/]
 * [|Using Blogs to Promote Authentic Learning]
 * http://thetechcurve.blogspot.com/
 * http://yes.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Pages/YSD_YESResource/index
 * Carol Macnaught http://del.icio.us/cmacnaught
 * http://cmacnaught.wikispaces.com
 * Jen Meserve http://del.icio.us/jenmeserve
 * http://jenmeserve.wikispaces.com
 * LInda Jensenius http://del.icio.us/ljensenius
 * http://ljensenius.wikispaces.com
 * Kevin Grover http://del.icio.us/kgrover
 * http://kgrover.wikispaces.com
 * Deb Smith http://del.icio.us/deblafsmith
 * http://dlafrance.wikispaces.com/