Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of web development that facilitates sharing and collaboration on the internet. It is characterized by dynamic and user-generated content as well as easier usability. Some key features of Web 2.0 include searching, authoring, linking, tagging, commenting, bookmarking, blogging, podcasting, and signals. Web 2.0 tools have various advantages for education by making learning interactive, creative, easy to use, and allowing students to generate, manipulate, collaborate on and share learning materials from anywhere at any time. Popular educational Web 2.0 tools highlighted in the document include Hot Potatoes, PTable, and TeacherTube.

1. WEB 2.0 TOOLS

2. Scope of WEB 2.0 TOOLS

3. About WEB 2.0
● Second Generation Web
● Refers to the collection of websites that are
○ Participatry in culture
○ Mostly user generated contents
○ Easy to use
○ Alows sharing and collaborations
● The term was coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999
● Popularized by Tim O’Reilly
● Defined by Dale Dougherty as read - write web
● Known as Partcipatory Web,SocialWeb,People Centric Web

4. About Web 2.0
The Main Features includes
● Searching
● Authoring
● Linking
● Tagging
● Extensions
● Commenting
● Bookmarking
● Blogging
● Podcasting
● Signals

5. Advantages of WEB 2.0
● Dynamic in nature
● Easy to use
● Variety of media
● User centered
● User friendly
● Everybody can become a content creator
● Social networking
● Podcasting
● Blogging
● Wide range of Learning Applications
● Platform of real time discussions
● Possibilities of Audio-Vedio Conferencing

6. Difference between WEB 1.0,WEB 2.0,
WEB 3.0

7. Web 2.0 Tools in Education
● Dynamic system of Information
● Interactive, Creative,Easy to use Digital Platforms
● Help to Generate,Manipulate,Collabrate and Share Learning Materials
● Learn from anywhere and anytime
● Easiness in Interactions,Feedback and Evaluation procedures
● Enhance the Engagement of students and the Role of student in
education
● Increases social connections
● Possibilities of Blended learning and Wide applications of LMS
● Possibilities of Multisensory Approaches in learning through
apps,webs,stimulations etc…

8. Apps for Educational purposes

9. Hot Potatoes
● Hot Potato suite includes six different web applications helps to create
interactive learning exercises
● It enables to create Interactive MCQs,Cross words , Gap fill
exercises,Jumbled words etc.
● Created by the Research and Development team at the University of Victoria
Humanities Computing and Media Centre
● Commercial aspects of the software and handles by Half-Baked Software
Inc.
● Freeware till October 2009
● Was designed to allow teachers to make interactive,web based exercises that
can be accessed by students at any Internet-capable aomputer terminal with

10. PTable
● A Web based Periodic Table also called Dynamic
Periodic Table
● It serves a lot of information about each elements on
clicking it
● Gives Mass numbers,Atomic
Numbers,E.C.,Thermal,Electrical Data ,Elastic
Properties,other properties also.
● Able to study basic changes in elements with respect
to temperature changes.
● Printing options,cards and presentations options are
available
● Some featues are free while some others are paid .

11. TeacherTube
● Launched in 2007
● Launched on March 6,2007 by Jason Smith, a
superintendent from Melisaa, Texas and
younger brother Adam Smith
● It is designed to allow particularly teachers, to
share educational resources such as
vedio,audio,documents,photos,groups and
blogs
● The site contains a mixture of classroom
teaching resources and others designed for
teacher training .

13. Summary
● Web 2.0 is the widely used web system enables to
creation,manipulation,collabration,and integeration
● It is easy to use and connect with the globe
● It has a lots of uses in the fields of education
● Edublogs,Podcast,Vedios,Simulations,Animations etc..
● Hot Potatoes,Edublogs,PTable,Chemcollectives,TeachersTube etc are some
of the popular Web based Web 2.0 Tools
● Nowadays , Social Networking Web Tools like Youtube,LinkledIn,Slideshare
are useful for content creation,sharing and collabration of educational
informations
● Web 2.0 tools make education anywhere and anytime.

14. Presentation by
SANTHINI G
B.Ed.,PHYSICAL SCIENCE dept.
2023-2025

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