Web 2.0 is a fairly new term created by O'Reilly in October 2004; the term was used by Dale Daughtery, and the concept was envisioned by net guru Tim Burner Lee. What makes it different from Web 1.0 is its evolution from being an isolated, central authority network to a social, democratic, adaptable somatic environment. Specific popular sites arising from Web 2.0 include Google Accents, Flickr2, Tangler, Google Maps, Dig, Technocratic (my personal favorite name), Podcast.net, and Blogger.com.
The beauty in Web 2.0 lies in its more dynamic, sophisticated, simplistic, re-mixable architecture. No longer is there a central "Expert" out there; now plain folk like you and I can create, use, educate, and liberate ourselves and one another. It is has evolved in exactly the same way our educational system, and in fact, our entire society has/is evolving by moving from "Teacher is expert, Teacher is in charge", to "We are in this together, We (students, teachers, parents, staff) are co-learners, co-producers, co-leaders"
I love what our society is becoming. I love what education is moving towards. I love what Web 2.0 is enabling us, as a society to become.
History of Web 2.0 by Me. Bet it sounds a bit like some of the essays I grade and consequently lol about when I realize how some of the kids have a limited understanding of the general whole, and when they try to explain it, well; it just can be comical. For example: one writer when explaining Milton's works wrote, "Milton wrote "Paradise Lost" soon after he got married. After his divorce, he wrote "Paradise Regained".
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