The document provides a history and overview of Web 2.0. It discusses how the early internet was dominated by large institutions and was more passive, while Web 2.0 evolved to be more user-generated and interactive. Key aspects of Web 2.0 include users contributing content, the internet becoming more of a conversation, and examples like social networking sites, wikis, and blogs. The implications are that users can collectively create large pools of knowledge by sharing. Designers must now incorporate community involvement and new technologies that allow for data exchange. The future of Web 2.0 is predicted to include more personalization based on individual user contributions and businesses playing a key role through more interactive experiences.

1. Welcome Explore the world of Web 2.0

2. A brief history: BEFORE WEB 2.0 In its early years, the Internet was dominated by large institutions. Some information was posted, but back then, the internet was something you would primarily observe, much like radio or television.

3. A brief history: THE WEB EVOLVED Home computers became less expensive.

4. High speed internet became more readily available.

5. Businesses looked for new ways to connect with the Internet public.

6. A brief history: THE ORIGINS OF WEB 2.0 In 2004, a defining article by Tom O'Reilly created a buzz. O'Reilly Media launched a summit to explore the Web and all things on the horizon.

7. The vision was for a user-generated, more interactive model of the internet.

8. This evolution is referred to as Web 2.0.

9. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 involves the user.

10. In the Web 2.0 model, the general user contributes to the content.

11. The Internet becomes more of a conversation in which the public can create, update, organize, share, and critique the content on-line.

12. The Implication “ It's proof of our collective potential to change the world ” - Jimmy Wales Founder of Wikepedia When users became part of a Web based community, we began creating a massive pool of knowledge, all for the purpose of sharing.

13. Web 2.0: Examples Web 2.0 content Sharing comes in several forms: Social Networking

14. Wikis