I would say on a scale of 1 to 10 my knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies is at 6.5.
The term is attributed to Tim O'Reilly escalating it into general use at his 2004 O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference, not so much as a second generation of World Wide Web hardware infrastructures as its version-numbersentric name would suggest, but as a new communication age 'genre' if you will, comprised of web applications designed to see that information sharing on the Internet is more user driven, even to the level of content development, in contrast to past Web technologies that have seen users as purely spectators. The term Web 2.0 represents cumulative growth in software development and user participation.
Web 2.0 technologies include everything from AJAX applications to blogs, tags, RSS, Podcasts, and social networking phenomenons such as Facebook.
Some of these applications I have participated in, others I look forward to this course giving me a chance to do so!
Hello itutorit! It sounds like you have web 2.0 well in hand. Are you a fan of Tim O'Reilly? Have you been more of a spectator up to this point or have you already delved into creating your own user-generated content?
ReplyDeleteNot so much a fan of O'Reilly realy as perhaps a follower. As an educator, I try and stay in touch with emerging technologies, but, of course, with an industry so vast, it's a bit of a loosing battle!
ReplyDeleteYes, I have dipped my toe into the development pool, but, again, as an educator, more in terms of the learning than actually aiming to share anything!