Web 2.0 tools?

What is Web 2.0?

According to Whatis.com, "Web 2.0 (or Web 2) is the popular term for advanced Internet technology and applications including blogs, wikis, RSS and social bookmarking. Tim O'Reilly is generally credited with inventing the term, following a conference dealing with next-generation Web concepts and issues held by O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International in 2004. One of the most significant differences between Web 2.0 and the traditional World Wide Web (retroactively referred to as Web 1.0) is greater collaboration among Internet users and other users, content providers, and enterprises."

I believe most have heard about Blogger, Google Apps, Facebook and Twitter. In fact, we can get a more complete directory here. But what exactly can these tools do for the teacher?

This is an excellent video on the use of Google Apps, Moodle, Wiki and Blogs. It gives a glimpse of what Web 2.0 tools can do to help teachers facilitate learning.