Web 2.0 = collaborate & share online

Web 2.0 = architecture of participation

Web 2.0: a term popularized by Tim O'Reilly in 2004 which describes an internet with the following characteristics:

• The Internet is the platform
• Harnessing the collective intelligence
• Data as the "Intel Inside"
• Software above the level of a single device
• Software as a service

** from blog post Read/Write/Web

Backgrounder Riding the Waves of “Web 2.0”
More than a buzzword, but still not easily defined
By Mary Madden and Susannah Fox Pew Internet Project
October 5, 2006


From the Students 2.0 group blog:

We are students: the ones who come to school every day, raise our hands with safe questions, and keep our heads down. Except, now we have a voice – a strong voice – to share our ideas through a global network.

According to Rainie, there are six hallmarks of Web 2.0:

1. The Internet has become the computer.
2. Tens of millions of Americans, especially the young, are creating and sharing content online.
3. Even more Internet users are accessing content created by others.
4. Many are sharing what they know and what they feel online.
5. People are commenting and sharing their knowledge and content online.
6. Americans are customizing their content and online experience, thanks to Web 2.0.

-- Lee Rainie, from the Pew Internet and American Life Project read more


The State of Web 2.0 Don Hinchcliffe's blog - interesting thoughts on the 'prevailing winds'



Shedding Light on Web 2.0 by Kathy Schrock, lists introductory articles about Web 2.0, and lists many of the web programs that have come to exemplify Web 2.0

Web 2.0 -- An Intro in 5 minutes

This is a short, concise video

Web 2.0 tools and mechanisms explained - video 8 min. (This is really good!)

Atomic Learning Web 2.0 http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/web20/