Web 2.0 enables collaboration and sharing of information among users on the internet. It emphasizes user-generated content, user control, and interoperability in contrast to the traditional static websites of Web 1.0. The document discusses how Web 2.0 will define future communication through tools like Skype, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube that facilitate interaction. It also presents opportunities for online education through open courses from Stanford, MIT and other institutions that allow students to learn through participation, creation and collaboration on the web.

1. Web 2.0 What’s It All Mean?

2. What is Web 2.0? Web 1.0—Retrieve information Web 2.0—Collaborate User-Centered Design User Owned and Controlled Information Sharing “The Participatory Web” “The Read, Write Web

3. Why is it important? Traditional software will become obsolete. It will define how we communicate in the near future. It has changed the way kids learn!!!

4. Traditional software vs. Web 2.0 Word vs. Google Docs Also: Google Reader/RSS Feeds Google Alerts

5. How We Communicate Skypewww.skype.com Twitter www.twitter.com(video) Bloggerwww.blogger.com Delicious http://delicious.com/ Ningwww.ning.com Qikwww.qik.com Facebookwww.facebook.com YouTubewww.youtube.com Wikipediawww.wikipedia.com(teachers)

6. On-Line Education Stanford University Online HS http://epgy.stanford.edu/ohs/ MIT Open Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu The Cambridge Academy http://www.thecambridgeacademy.org Keystone High School http://www.keystonehighschool.com/

7. What do we do now? Kids need to participate, create, collaborate and share. Clay Shirkey: Where’s the Mouse? How do we begin to turn their tools into tools for learning?