Web 2.0 changed the average internet surfer from passive consumer to active participant. The level of participating can vary from simple rating or voting through blogs and galleries to creative learning communities.
Web 2.0 is about sharing your ideas and opinios. It's about open source applications and free tools for everybody. It's about giving and getting.
Web 2.0 supports the idea of an active and creative learner. As tools for collaboration make the learning process visible, the focus changes from the product to the process. And thus, the teachers role changes from a distributor of knowledge to a guide on the path of learning and understanding.
Web 1.0 is one-way Web 2.0 is two-way
Web 1.0 is authoritarian Web 2.0 is democratic
Web 1.0 is passive Web 2.0 is active
Web 1.0 is hierarchical Web 2.0 is network
Web 1.0 is static Web 2.0 is dynamic
Web 1.0 is read-only content Web 2.0 is user-generated content
Web 1.0 is about companies Web 2.0 is about communities
Web 1.0 is about client-server Web 2.0 is about peer-to-peer
Web 1.0 is about lectures Web 2.0 is about conversation
This is copied from Exploiting Web 2.0 - eTwinning and collaboration by Tiina Sarisalmi
And this is the place to look for new tools for learning and teaching:
This tutorial may be a bit confusing, because I think that Google Docs may have changed a bit. It is much easier now to put a link from a document to your blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O7iUiftbKU&feature=player_embedded
Picasa tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_playlists&search_query=Picasa+tutorial&uni=1
Free Social Network Alternatives
SPRUZ: http://www.spruz.com/
SOCIAL-GO: http://www.socialgo.com/
GROU.PS: http://grou.ps/
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