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Paula Walser, Director of E- Learning, CESA 6 , Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Web 2.0 Tools for the Assistive Technology Professional. Web 1.O. Web 1.O. Web 2.0 – What is it?.
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Paula Walser, Director of E- Learning, CESA 6 , Oshkosh, Wisconsin Web 2.0 Tools for the Assistive Technology Professional
Web 2.0 – What is it? • Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web.
Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing • Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities • Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs • Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS • Web 1.0 was about taxonomy, Web 2.0 is about tags • Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless
Encarta vsWikipedia • Mapquestsvs Google Maps • Web 1.0 was IE, Web 2.0 is about FireFox • Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about broadband • Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversations • Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing • Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about Google
“The most important word on the internet is not ‘Search’. The most important word on the internet is ‘Share’. Sharing is the driver. Sharing is the DNA. -Hugh MacLeod • (http://www.gapingvoid.com)
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WhyIsIt Important? Gary Olsen, Higher Education
We need to unlearn the idea that we are the sole content experts in the classroom, because we can now connect our kids to people who know far more than we do about the material we're teaching. Will Richardson says: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_q/98179665/
Excellent article • Closing the Gap – August / September , 2008 • Creating a Classroom of Discovery and Wonder by David Davies