The document discusses the evolution from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, highlighting key changes and examples. Some of the main shifts discussed include: a move from static, publisher-focused websites to user-generated, interactive and collaborative applications; replacing standalone programs with web applications accessible anywhere; and shifting from consuming content to manipulating, aggregating and sharing data. The focus is on user participation, collective intelligence, and continuous improvement of applications.
Paper presented at the SALIS Conference 2009 in Halifax N.S. Discusses the current state of play in the sector and suggests possible courses for the future.
Paper presented at the SALIS Conference 2009 in Halifax N.S. Discusses the current state of play in the sector and suggests possible courses for the future.
Exploring Digital Cultures W12: The Wikipedia DebateNoNeedforInk
Week 12 Wikipedia-centric presentation on:
-Clay Shirky's Personal Motivation Meets Collaborative Production
-Andrew Keen's Cult of the Amateur
This presentation walks through Shirky's points, explaining how Wikipedia is held as the ideal model of collaborative production in today's Web 2.0 world. However, it also goes beyond the readings in introducing the WikiScanner and all it has uncovered. This implies that the real issue may not be what Keen calls the "endless digital forest of mediocrity", but the fact that "Wikipedia entries are being used as a medium for corporate propaganda".
#12NTC: Global Connections - The World of International NonprofitsShai Coggins
This is just the short slide deck I used for the International Nonprofit Organisations networking session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, USA (#12NTC). I also added the link to the notes.
The annotated slides from a webinar I presented for http://www.pkids.org about social media and public health . Links to the recording archive are listed in the first slide notes.
How Open Source Cloud Platforms Can Solve Big Data Needs in a Location-Aware,...Bret Piatt
The explosion of data generated by location-based and real-time applications has created new problems for application developers. Data has been fragmented in silos, stored and duplicated across multiple locations, which is difficult to access, ineffective and expensive. There is a large opportunity to harness this distributed data by building a common storage platform with shared access and costs. In this session, Bret Piatt will lay out a vision of common storage platform, including how the cloud, specifically an open cloud framework, is the best place to bring this data together. He will also discuss the value and risk to application developers, real-world use cases and even societal implications on how we are able to gather, process and access data across multiple locations in real-time.
Slides from the talk I presented March 17th at the IOC Online Conference http://www.internationalonlineconference.org/2010/program - I made a few post-talk adjustments to include some of the interactions and screen shots of the work of Dan Porter who provided live, electronic graphic recording of the talk.
Slides for a remote presentation/session for http://conference2009.e-uni.ee/index.php?n=en
SCHOOL - FROM TEACHING INSTITUTION TO LEARNING SPACE which takes place April 02 - 03, 2009 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences conference centre (Kreutzwaldi 1A, Tartu), Estonia (but I'll be in Seattle and it will be 4:30 am my time!)
Slides from my presentation at the European Foundation for Quality in Elearning about how we create connections (thus the Velcro TM) for learning anytime, anywhere.
Social Web lecture for Matching dag IMM 2016Victor de Boer
Social Web lecture for Matching dag IMM 2016. With input from Davide Ceolin, Lora Aroyo.
Hands on session instructions can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XW4UBr_dZeejI2Rp8T4tHaDxNrGsu4xxlVJh91s2AGM/edit#heading=h.jel9otx51ed
Exploring Digital Cultures W12: The Wikipedia DebateNoNeedforInk
Week 12 Wikipedia-centric presentation on:
-Clay Shirky's Personal Motivation Meets Collaborative Production
-Andrew Keen's Cult of the Amateur
This presentation walks through Shirky's points, explaining how Wikipedia is held as the ideal model of collaborative production in today's Web 2.0 world. However, it also goes beyond the readings in introducing the WikiScanner and all it has uncovered. This implies that the real issue may not be what Keen calls the "endless digital forest of mediocrity", but the fact that "Wikipedia entries are being used as a medium for corporate propaganda".
#12NTC: Global Connections - The World of International NonprofitsShai Coggins
This is just the short slide deck I used for the International Nonprofit Organisations networking session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, USA (#12NTC). I also added the link to the notes.
The annotated slides from a webinar I presented for http://www.pkids.org about social media and public health . Links to the recording archive are listed in the first slide notes.
How Open Source Cloud Platforms Can Solve Big Data Needs in a Location-Aware,...Bret Piatt
The explosion of data generated by location-based and real-time applications has created new problems for application developers. Data has been fragmented in silos, stored and duplicated across multiple locations, which is difficult to access, ineffective and expensive. There is a large opportunity to harness this distributed data by building a common storage platform with shared access and costs. In this session, Bret Piatt will lay out a vision of common storage platform, including how the cloud, specifically an open cloud framework, is the best place to bring this data together. He will also discuss the value and risk to application developers, real-world use cases and even societal implications on how we are able to gather, process and access data across multiple locations in real-time.
Slides from the talk I presented March 17th at the IOC Online Conference http://www.internationalonlineconference.org/2010/program - I made a few post-talk adjustments to include some of the interactions and screen shots of the work of Dan Porter who provided live, electronic graphic recording of the talk.
Slides for a remote presentation/session for http://conference2009.e-uni.ee/index.php?n=en
SCHOOL - FROM TEACHING INSTITUTION TO LEARNING SPACE which takes place April 02 - 03, 2009 at the Estonian University of Life Sciences conference centre (Kreutzwaldi 1A, Tartu), Estonia (but I'll be in Seattle and it will be 4:30 am my time!)
Slides from my presentation at the European Foundation for Quality in Elearning about how we create connections (thus the Velcro TM) for learning anytime, anywhere.
Social Web lecture for Matching dag IMM 2016Victor de Boer
Social Web lecture for Matching dag IMM 2016. With input from Davide Ceolin, Lora Aroyo.
Hands on session instructions can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XW4UBr_dZeejI2Rp8T4tHaDxNrGsu4xxlVJh91s2AGM/edit#heading=h.jel9otx51ed
Level 1 undergrad class in which we chart the emergence of the term web 2.0 following the dot-com bubble. Looks at key players and problems of specificity. Also looks at some of the criticisms made of the by-product of web 2.0 tech, namely user generated content
The web will never be the same! Each year the web feels like it hits critical mass and then it does it all over again. This session will dig into how to best engage with an ever changing web and how to connect with the new web. From responsive web design to changing our process.
The unceasing Internet evolution is changing many aspects of our daily life, both personally and professionally. Internet is an extension of our potential, we are experiencing this transformation day by day. In particular, there are two main areas where this change is more tangible: communication and knowledge.
We now communicate in a very different way from how we did it years ago. Today chat, Skype and video conferencing seem to be routine; we take for granted the ability to communicate for free with everyone we want, anywhere in the world, relying on network services. We also think and learn in different ways from how we did it time ago. When something is unknown to us, we look for it on the Internet: researches on Google and Wikipedia are part of our typical day, to imagine a world without the Internet appears to be pretty hard.
Based on real cases and tracking the main web services trends, this presentation summarizes the impact that Internet evolution had, has and will have on us and in particular on the way we learn and think.
Celebrating 25 years of the World Wide Web
By Jack Schofield
Contents:
1989–1995: The early years
1995–2000: From boom to bust
2000–2004: The people-powered web
2004–2007: Web 2.0
2007–2010: The multimedia mobile web
2010–2014: Democracy and the web
The next 25
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Towards Web 3.0: An Application Oriented ApproachIOSR Journals
Abstract: The World Wide Web (WWW) is global information medium, where users can read and write using
computers over internet. Web is one of the services available on internet. The Web was created in 1989 by Sir
Tim Berners-Lee. Since then a great refinement has done in the web usage and development of its applications.
In this paper we would like to present different stages of web growth starting from its inception to the present
web in terms of its technologies and applications.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
19. For seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game. Time’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you . TIME Magazine “ “
20. 2. Het web als platform Bereikbaar, waar en wanneer je wil!
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22. 3. 2.0 diensten > enkele tool Van iMac, naar iPod, iPhone tot iTV
43. It’s the simplest lesson of the Internet: it’s the people stupid . We don’t have computers because we want to interact with machines ; we have them because they allow us to communicate more effectively with other people. (Douglas Rushkof, Get back in the box: innovation from inside out).
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48. Web1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space and I think web2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If web2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the web was supposed to be all along. Tim Berners-Lee “ “ kritiek
52. Does "Web 2.0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated . […] I don't think there was any deliberate plan to suggest there was a new version of the web. They just wanted to make the point that the web mattered again. [… ] And they were right. New things were coming. But the new version number led to some awkwardness in the short term. Paul Graham, developed the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. “ “
53. Internet Traffic Top 20 8 Februari 2008 www.alexa.com 1. Yahoo 2. Google 3. Youtube 4. Windows Live 5. MSN 6. Myspace 7. Facebook 8. Hi5 9. Wikipedia 10. Orkut 11. Rapidshare 12. Blogger 13. Fotolog 14. Megaupload 15. Friendster 16. Baidu 17 . eBay 18 . Imdb 19. Dailymotion 20. Youporn.com
65. Connectivism, Connective knowledge, Communities of Practice, Georges Siemens http://www.elearnspace.org http://www.connectivism.ca Etienne Wenger http:// www.ewenger.com http://www.downes.ca/news/oldaily Stephen Downes
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O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences.
Tim O’reilly CEO van O’Reilly Media heeft er ook een eigen weblog
a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. De brainstorm sessie deed inzien dat er grondige wijzigingen plaatsvonden op het net qua aanpak, qua structuur, qua interactie met de bezoeker/surfer
a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. De brainstorm sessie deed inzien dat er grondige wijzigingen plaatsvonden op het net qua aanpak, qua structuur, qua interactie met de bezoeker/surfer
Mensen interageren en delen kennis – kennisconstructie – wikipedia bv. Objectieve kennis is het product van subjectieve kennis.
You control the information age
O’reilly deelt ze in 5 aspecten in – er is discussie over deze aspecten, alsook over de term 2.0 – maar globaal kan men stellen dat men de wijzigingen niet in essentie tegenspreekt Web is een platform geworden: diensten (google > netscape) ONLINE
iTunes is geen louter PC gebaseerde service: het is internet, het is iPod, het wordt iPhone, iTV De huidge Jaguars worden uitgerust met Adobe Flash – en Adobe Flex (rich internet applications – offline/online werken in de wagen wordt mogelijk) De nieuwe Nokia N95 krijgt een Maps service, synchroniseerbare Google calendar etc.
Looks worden losgekoppeld van inhoud Vroeger omvatte HTML alles in 1 – GESLOTEN Huidige programmeertalen XML/AJAX etc. – losgekoppeld: OPEN DELEN AGGREGEREN MASH UP
Alles in continu on the move: dynamisch – nooit af
Het moet rijk zijn, simpel zijn, mooi zijn, LIEF zijn
Voor sommigen een technologiesche ervaring Maar toch meer dan dat
Hoe nu deze tools te gebruiken
De echte vernieuwing van web2.0 ligt niet in de technologie, maar wel in de sociale verandering: de stap vooruit online interageren als mens Die sociale benadering biedt ook een ruimer perspectief aan web2.0 – het is een beetje jaren 60/hippie achtig: samenwerken, alles delen, (open source, creative commons) met aandacht voor de gebruiker, toegankelijkheid online overal en altijd, meerdere devices etc. Die kenmerken krijgen ook allemaal een ruimere (diepere) betekenis dan puur de tools, applicaties op zich. Het gaat hem dan om ‘de idee dat alles ten allen tijde bereikbaar is’, de idee dat kennis uitwisselbaar wordt, online, de idee dat wij dekern van het online-gebeuren vormen, de idee dat gebruiksvriendelijkheid hierbij centraal moet staan.
Een cultuur fenomeen: samen kennis delen en construeren – why the many are smarter than the few op digitale wijze – zoals wikipedia > britannica
Discussie ontstond Is dat wel zo nieuw?
Is dit wel wenselijk?
Is het geen marketing machine?
The medium allows us today to spread our small knowledge fast – faster and more complete than before >> BBC CNN etc. Virginia shooting 2.0?
As such it represents two profound breaks in traditional learning models. First, and the most profound is that Education2.0 flies in the face of lecture-based, teacher-as-knowledge-owner classroom methodologies. A useful visual of Education1.0 is the traditional classroom with rows of desks where the teacher stands in front and talks, presumably, imparting knowledge to students (the empty vessels waiting to be 'filled').
http://www.connectivism.ca/ Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. These theories, however, were developed in a time when learning was not impacted through technology. Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. Learning needs and theories that describe learning principles and processes, should be reflective of underlying social environments. Vaill emphasizes that “learning must be a way of being – an ongoing set of attitudes and actions by individuals and groups that they employ to try to keep abreast o the surprising, novel, messy, obtrusive, recurring events…” (1996, p.42).
Second, Education 2.0 also makes use of technology in ways that differ greatly from even recent uses of technology in education as a means to an end (to learn to use a computer, or to word process or to code a web page). Technology, in Education2.0 is a given. Its use is to learn, to create and construct knowledge. HOW to use a computer or to word process is implied. The former use of technology was called Information/Communication Technology. It's presence in schools was to ensure that students were computer literate. Which, today, seems almost silly given the pervasive use of personal computers and electronics in the lives of students. ICT is, surely, a dated concept and furthermore can serve as a metaphor for much of the dated curricula and classroom methodologies in schools. Direct instruction serves a purpose and should be used but we know so much more about how the brain processes information and collaboration and interaction are what it craves. In 2.0 Classrooms, students learn in dynamic ways through the use of interactive technologies. They also construct meaning by learning and synthesizing information repeatedly. In other words new information is used for other purposes (ie..creating wikis, making blog entries, or in handful of other ways ) strengthening recall and deepening meaning. Education2.0 is not a frivolous notion invented by teachers with an unfettered interest in technology. Education2.0 is alive, interactive and RIGHT NOW. It is realistically focused on the gradual construction of knowledge by communities of learners with the teacher being an equal member of these learning communities.
Second, Education 2.0 also makes use of technology in ways that differ greatly from even recent uses of technology in education as a means to an end (to learn to use a computer, or to word process or to code a web page). Technology, in Education2.0 is a given. Its use is to learn, to create and construct knowledge. HOW to use a computer or to word process is implied. The former use of technology was called Information/Communication Technology. It's presence in schools was to ensure that students were computer literate. Which, today, seems almost silly given the pervasive use of personal computers and electronics in the lives of students. ICT is, surely, a dated concept and furthermore can serve as a metaphor for much of the dated curricula and classroom methodologies in schools. Direct instruction serves a purpose and should be used but we know so much more about how the brain processes information and collaboration and interaction are what it craves. In 2.0 Classrooms, students learn in dynamic ways through the use of interactive technologies. They also construct meaning by learning and synthesizing information repeatedly. In other words new information is used for other purposes (ie..creating wikis, making blog entries, or in handful of other ways ) strengthening recall and deepening meaning. Education2.0 is not a frivolous notion invented by teachers with an unfettered interest in technology. Education2.0 is alive, interactive and RIGHT NOW. It is realistically focused on the gradual construction of knowledge by communities of learners with the teacher being an equal member of these learning communities.