Week 3: Web Technology (Web 2.0)

Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Delicious are all examples of online communication. As discussed, sites that fall under this are thought of as "web applications which facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-entered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web." Although the old World Wide Web was not referred to as Web 1.0, it has recently been applied to it. Web 2.0 applications contains social networking sites, photo sharing, journals, blogs, church websites, anything you can name. These applications make browsing the internet and uploading things onto the internet a lot more easy.

Web 2.0 sites and applications would be extremely useful in education. Students would be able to search and use many of the applications for homework assignments. If I were to work in a middle school setting, I enjoy this blogging process, which would be helpful for feedback and the learning experience in the classroom. The site StupeFlix, a video creation website, could easily be incorporated into a group project making learning more exciting and engaging!

The picture above is a picture that has words that explains the advancement of Web 2.0 compared to Web 1.0. This helps to distinguish why the upgrade occurred in the first place and how it is improved.