web2.0

=What is web2.0?= If twitter, blog, wiki, RSS, social networking and podcast are foreign words to you [|click here]. Search for which web2.0 topic you want to learn about. Simple, plain english videos that teach quickly.
 * It seems that now, a good few years into the life of Web 2.0, one does not so much need a list to define it as an explanation of its emerging outcome:** **Web 2.0 sites, which are becoming more and more prolific, have turned the Internet into a two-way street. Blogs and other web2.0 sites can be powerful classroom tools to engage all learners.**
 * Whereas traditional media, or educators, had a stranglehold on the flow of information, the web2.0 Internet is not a medium where publishing rights are limited by access to a printing press or a studio, or a teaching qualification, or by expensive equipment. In short web2.0 empowers users to be creative, collaborative and connected.**
 * This has always been somewhat true of the internet with web1.0 like email, but the open-source, user-generated environment is made easier with Web 2.0 technology. Web2.0 skills are transferrable and are rapidly becoming more user friendly with each update.

In short, web2.0 tools ensure that online, the power structure of communication is close to flat. Sharing, evaluation, feedback, sythesis and choice are all implicit. This is what engages the users of web2.0, especially learners.**

[|The ultimate web2.0 directory], if you want to jump in the deep end of the eb2.0 pool and splash around and play. = = =other web2.0 sites=
 * [|tips for new users]
 * [|Global Education]. Language teacher might be especially interested in this project.
 * [|RSS simplifies and enhances your web experiences.What is it?]
 * [|Spell with flickr]
 * [|Wordle.]Wordle is a fun web2.0 site for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
 * [|Top 100 Tools for Learning]
 * [|Google for Educators]
 * [|What is Learning2.0?]
 * [|Classroom2.0]
 * [|Web2 for educators]
 * [|Web2 Awards - The best sites? You be the judge.]
 * [|An alternate view of web2.0 Dares to be different, I like it].

//"To most people who derive value from social computing, the value comes from engaging with others of common interest. I realise this has its dangers. But these could be people who you'd be unlikely to meet face to face. And, of course, through mutual interest you find yourselves sharing information which is helpful. In general, the spirit of giving is stronger than the desire to receive. The result, paradoxically, is that you receive more than you give".// This might be why kids like it so much.

=Video streaming=
 * [|ustreamtv - live interactive broadcasting]

=e class resources=
 * Getting started in your classroom
 * Welcome to PolyVision’s Wiki/Resource link!

Although it is a rather cynical analysis, I found it to be remarkably true to a certain extent.
There's something familiar going on here. A studied contrast. Add a “.com” to everyday words (Furniture.com, Pets.com, ReupholsterFurniture- DestroyedbyYourPets.com). || Approach to naming companies: Add an “er” suffix, ruthlessly extract vowels, or both (Revver, Twitter, Eurekster, Flickr, Zoomr, VwlRplcr). ||
 * WEB 1.0 || WEB 2.0 ||
 * Annoying, self-promotional CEOs drop out of college to pursue dreams of dotcom wealth. || Same CEOs, now seven years older, drop out of Web 1.0 businesses. ||
 * A friend is someone who’ll gladly help you out in a bind. || A friend is someone who has spent at least 30 seconds on your MySpace page. ||
 * Approach to naming companies:
 * KM software attempts (unsuccessfully) to get employees to share information and learning with one another. || Corporate wikis attempt (hilariously) to get employees to share information and learning with one another. ||
 * Narcissistic execs track how many hits their latest memo gets on the corporate intranet. || Narcissistic execs track how many downloads their podcasts get. ||
 * Cross-platform miracle code that crashes browsers is called Java. || Cross-platform miracle code that crashes browsers is called Ajax. ||
 * analysts inflate insubstantial companies with hype and hot air. || <span class="table_data">A-list bloggers inflate insubstantial companies with hype and hot air. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Big Media’s nemesis: MP3-sharing site Napster. || <span class="table_data">Big Media’s nemesis: Video-sharing site YouTube. ||
 * <span class="table_data">There is only one browser: Netscape. || <span class="table_data">There are many browsers, but most sites are viewable in only one of them—inevitably, not the one you’re using. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Enhancing your reputation involves being nice to people, accomplishing things, contributing to charity. || <span class="table_data">Enhancing your reputation involves editing your entry in Wikipedia. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Acronym the cognoscenti deploy to show they’re in the know: DHTML. || <span class="table_data">Acronym the cognoscenti deploy to show they’re in the know: RSS. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Venture capitalists finance startups that hope to earn money from advertising. || <span class="table_data">Entrepreneurs spurn venture capital financing and hope to earn money from advertising. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Big scary company: Microsoft. || <span class="table_data">Big scary company: Google. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Marketing swag: free messenger bag. || <span class="table_data">Marketing swag: free software widget. ||
 * <span class="table_data">Fire sale on Herman Miller Aeron chairs when companies go out of business. || <span class="table_data">Mom and Dad get their guest bedroom back when companies go out of business. ||