Web+2.0+Technology

=What is Web 2.0 Technology?= Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of web-based services, such as social networking, wikis, blogs, podcasts that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.

**Advantages of Web 2.0**
//**•** Makes content editable wherever possible!// Wherever you can get access to the Internet you can create and edit content without the challenge of learning more traditional web authoring tools. Most Web 2.0 applications are as easy as your everyday word processing programs. Within minutes you can create, edit and publish content. Try a wiki or a blog! //**•** Build small pieces and ecourage user contributions!// Building an engaging web site that users will keep coming back to takes a lot of time. Web 2.0 tools allow you to start out small and invite users to contribute. Adapted from Dion Hinchcliffe, "Ten Ways to Take Advantage of Web 2.0". [|Go there]!

The Web 2.0 Education Struggle
The essence of Web 2.0 is //**[|Open Content]**// owned by anyone with Internet access willing to take the time to contribute. Even as public schools in the US keep searching for Internet filters to keep out anonymous digital media, open source content is rapidly becoming the industry standard. Here is [|Wikimedia's] commitment - "**Imagine a world** in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge." [|Wikiversity's] primary goal is to "Create and host free content, multimedia learning materials, resources, and curricula for all age groups in all languages." Once we begin to acknowledge and accept open content, we can free up valuable dollars to give computers to our students and teachers and take advantage of what is already ours!