Web+2.0

The term "Web 2.0" can be applied across broad categories of emerging technology tools and design principles, social and economic shifts, business philosophies, participatory media and culture, etc.... Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking and social bookmarking sites, tagging, photo- and video-sharing, RSS, etc...) are collaborative, browser-based and user-driven. They include platforms and tools for publishing, connecting, sharing, organizing and remixing. **They are social**.

A popular synonym for "Web 2.0" is the "Read/Write" web, which suggests that users are //contributing, creating and collaborating// rather than just //consuming// web content. "Web 1.0" or the "Read-Only" web was a place where the average user didn't publish content, because it required technical knowledge (HTML and other programming code) and money (to purchase server space and software). Web 2.0 tools allow users to easily participate and to customize their online experiences.

At its core, Web 2.0 is about powerful, **social**, Web-based technologies **connecting people and ideas**.

**The Web is Changing**...
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 * Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us** by Michael Wesch (4:30)

**The World is Changing**...
(Inspired by the original Shift Happens / Did You Know? by Karl Fisch) If you don't see the video, here is a direct link: [] media type="custom" key="9882291"
 * Did You Know? 4.0** by Xplane, the Economist, Karl Fisch & Scott McLeod. (4:46)

**Students are Changing...**
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 * A Vision of Students Today** by Michael Wesch and students at Kansas State University (4:45)

If you don't see the video, here is a direct link: [] media type="custom" key="9882321" By David Warlick
 * The Networked Student** by Wendy Drexler (5:10)