Web 2.0 refers to online tools and technologies that emphasize user-generated content, collaboration, and sharing. Examples include social bookmarking sites like Delicious that allow users to store and share bookmarks online, blogs like Blogger that let users publish online journals, and media sharing sites like SlideShare where users can upload and share presentations. These technologies are characterized by their dynamic and social nature that facilitates interaction and participation between users.

1. What is Web ? (and what can it do for me?) 2.0

2. Web 2.0 denotes a loose amalgam of emergent tools and technologies characterised by a dynamic social element and an emphasis on content sharing and collaboration “ ”

3. social bookmarking del.icio.us blogging Blogger media sharing SlideShare 1 2 3

4. 1 2 3 social bookmarking de.licio.us http://del.icio.us/ store favourite web sites online add tags (keywords) and comments share with others bookmark others’ bookmarks

5. 1 2 3 blogging Blogger http://www.blogger.com/ an online journal (web log) primary content + secondary content blog entries comments box individual or group ownership model

6. 1 2 3 media sharing SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/ “ YouTube for PowerPoint ” upload and convert presentations link to from Blackboard embed in blog post

7. two key texts Anderson. P. (2007). What is Web 2.0? Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education. Retrieved August 22, 2007 from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701.pdf O'Reilly, T. (2005). What Is Web 2.0? Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software . Retrieved August 22, 2007 from http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html