Paula Walser, Director of E- Learning, CESA 6 , Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web.

Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing

Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities

Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs

Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS

Web 1.0 was about taxonomy, Web 2.0 is about tags

Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless

Encarta vs Wikipedia Mapquests vs Google Maps Web 1.0 was IE, Web 2.0 is about FireFox Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about

broadband Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about

conversations Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is

about sharing Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about

Google

“The most important word on the internet is not ‘Search’. The most important word on the internet is ‘Share’. Sharing is the driver. Sharing is the DNA.

-Hugh MacLeod (http://www.gapingvoid.com)

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Gary Olsen, Higher Education

Why Is It Important?

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Will Richardson says:

Closing the Gap – August / September , 2008 Creating a Classroom of Discovery and

Wonder by David Davies

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