Web 2.0

Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social networking social-networking, wikis  and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. The term became popular following the  first O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.  Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the web. According to Tim O'Reilly, "Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform."

more on wikipedia

I did a presentation last June on Teaching Art with the help of the web 2.0

at The Massachusetts Colleges Online Conference on E-Learning

To see the presentation click here

This youtube video shows how teachers use a wiki page...

youtube video    Wikis in Plain English

How do your Students learn?

Did you know . . . ?

A vision of Students today

Why books and School lectures still exist

Lecture by Hans Rosling at leWeb3 07 Paris