Web2.0 refers to a second generation of web development that facilitates communication, sharing, and collaboration online through tools like social media sites, wikis, blogs, and user-generated content. Key characteristics include user-generated content, open sharing of information, and continuous updates. Popular Web2.0 sites for social networking include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and blogs. These tools allow users to easily share content, comment on others' content, and connect with other users online.

1. An introduction to Web2.0

3. What is Web2.0? Also known as the social web "Web 2.0" refers to a perceived second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

4. Characteristics of Web2.0 Read/write web Web as a platform Permanent beta Open source Radical trust

5. Top sites in the UK May 2009 Google UK 11. Blogger Facebook 12. Amazon UK Google 13. Bebo YouTube 14. Myspace Yahoo! 15. Twitter Windows Live 16. Flickr BBC Newsline Ticker 17. Microsoft Ebay UK 18. Wordpress Microsoft Network 19. The Internet Movie Database Wikipedia 20. AOL UK Source: alexa.com

6. Young people and Web2.0

7. Blogging Online diary/journal Brief entries arranged in reverse chronological order Most recent entry at the top Quick and easy way to publish content online Ability to comment

8. Edinburgh Libraries – Tales of One City

9. Manchester Libraries

10. Leicestershire Libraries

11. Teen Librarian

12. Chicklish – Teen fiction

13. About books

14. Neil Gaiman

15. Bookstart Bear’s Blog

16. Creating your own Blog

17. RSS Really Simple Syndication/Rich Site Summary Also known as news feeds Allows you to be notified when new content appears without having to visit a site. Easy way to receive updates from your favourite sites or blogs Can save you a lot of time

18. Web-based news readers www.google.com/reader www.bloglines.com

19. Wikis A collaborative website that can be edited by anyone with access to it Wikis are often used to create collaborative or community websites

20. Wikipedia

21. Portsmouth Libraries

22. Portsmouth’s Teen Reading Group Wiki

23. Lib Success Wiki

24. Wikireadia

25. St. Joseph County Public Library's Subject Guides

26. Create your own Wiki

27. Photo/video sharing Publishing or transferring digital photos or videos online, enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately)

28. Flickr Flickr is an image and video hosting website and online community.

29. Plymouth Libraries

31. Flickr sets

32. Groups on Flickr

34. Inspiration

35. YouTube YouTube is a video sharing website. Users can upload, share and view videos.

36. Westminster Libraries

37. Mindspot - Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark

38. Efford HeadSpace

39. Social networking A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact including chat, messaging, email, video, blogging etc.

40. Bebo, MySpace, Facebook Bebo – 13 th most popular MySpace – 14 th most popular Facebook – 2 nd most popular

41. Bebo – Renfrewshire Libraries

42. Bebo - Rotorua Public Library – New Zealand

43. MySpace – Sighthill Library, Edinburgh

44. MySpace – Get it loud in Libraries, Lancaster

45. Facebook – Manchester Libraries

46. Facebook – East Renfrewshire

47. Facebook - CILIP

48. Twitter

49. What is Twitter? Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter