Web 2.0 Connections for Efficient Re/searchersHanaa KhamisNileTESOL AUC EFL Skills ConferenceThe American University in Cairo, EgyptFeb 2-4, 2010
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What is Web 2.0?"Web 2.0 transforms all of us -- from 90-year-old grandmothers to eight-year-old third graders -- into digital writers, music artists, movie makers and journalists. Web 2.0 is YouTube, the blogosphere, Wikipedia, MySpace or Facebook. Web 2.0 is YOU!" (Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006).Source: Keen vs. Weinberger Debate http://online.wsj.com/articleSB118460229729267677.html
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    Web 2.0 Connectionsfor Efficient Re/searchersHanaa KhamisNileTESOL AUC EFL Skills ConferenceThe American University in Cairo, EgyptFeb 2-4, 2010
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    Jump into thedeep end of the poolOur WayWe'll take a plungeAnd haveF.U.N. Frivilous Unanticipated Nonsense
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    Who coined F.U.N.?? Open Firefox browser
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    Query: coined F.U.N.frivolous unanticipated nonsenseTo Be on the Same PageGo to: http://web2connections.ning.com/Sign up using an email + password
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    What is Web2.0?"Web 2.0 transforms all of us -- from 90-year-old grandmothers to eight-year-old third graders -- into digital writers, music artists, movie makers and journalists. Web 2.0 is YouTube, the blogosphere, Wikipedia, MySpace or Facebook. Web 2.0 is YOU!" (Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2006).Source: Keen vs. Weinberger Debate http://online.wsj.com/articleSB118460229729267677.html
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    What IS Web2.0???Read-and-write vs. read-only web
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