My favorite web2.0 tools

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     Webopedia states “web 2.0 is the term given to describing a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online.  Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web application users”. 

      To me, web 2.0 seems like the internet but allows you to group your information into areas and look up a lot of different pages about your topic at one time.  Others are able to share and respond to whatever you put out there on the web.  It also seems that if you right click on a word or tab you have more precise options to get more information on your topic.  It definitely seems like it is trying to make gathering and finding information easier.  Here is a link to a YouTube video that explains it well too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE. Another link of how to use it in the school:  http://www.web20atschool.net/web/.  Examples of how to use it are: if you have a page open and you want to place it with another page you can just drag it over and they are connected, and you can create blogs where anyone can respond, add information, and share information. 

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      Delicious is a site where you can store your favorite WebPages/sites.  You can save your site and then write your own thoughts.  It can have your documentaries, YouTube pages, and any site that interests you.  They are all in a place where you can easily find them.  It allows you to keep all your sites in a “stack” to where they are all on a page one section after another, you are able to share your information and find deeper depth on your topics.  You save whatever you want using your delicious toolbar.  You just copy and paste the URL and add descriptions and tags to help you find them easily.  If you want everyone to see you just hit publish. 

     I signed up with Delicious and decided to do a stack about the rainforest: http://www.delicious.com/amynugent.  Through this I discovered how easy it is to use. It prompts you to move the “save to delicious” icon to your browser so that no matter what site you travel to you just click on that button and it automatically saves to your site.  This would make projects a whole lot easier.  You are able to store all your information in one location, making it easy to flip through.  Also, since it’s on the web you can access it from any computer at any time.  I think this is a great tool for students to use doing group projects.  They could all find information and place it into their delicious site and sort through it together.  It is a simplified book of all the information you want.  By being able to describe every site, allows it to be even easier to use and find the information you put into the site.  Here is a site that gives you some information about delicious: http://blog.delicious.com/.  I am having a hard time finding peoples testimonials about Delicious. The main site is: www.delicious.com which helps you to set up and learn how to use it.  I found it to be particularly user friendly.