Web 2.0 POWERED EDUCATION

What Are ICTs and What Types of ICTs Are Commonly Used in Education

According Wikipedia, Web 2.0 is a trend in World Wide Web technology, and web design, a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies, which aim to facilitate creativity, information sharing, collaboration, and sharing among users. It is almost defined as the new era of the World Wide Web. The term became notable after 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 webs. 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. ”

A very detailed chart of the Web 2.0 concept is illustrated bellow:







I found an interesting top 100 of the most popular web's tools used during the learning process:

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

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Later edit:


The top 25 for 2009 (until now) is showed bellow:

25 Tools: A Toolbox for Learning Professionals 2009

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Ok, I'll try to build My top ;) Let's see:

1. Web browser: Firefox
2. Social bookmarking tool: Stumble
3.Blogging tool : Blogger
4.RSS/Feed reader : Google reader
5.Micro-blogging tool: Twitter (but I have to confess I'm the "new kid on the town" here)
6.Email: yahoo-mail, gmail
7.Instant Messaging: yahoo messenger
8.Personal productivity tool: yahoo remainder, google calendar
9.Mind mapping: not yet but I need one tool
10.Presentation tool: Power Point
11.Presentation sharing tool : slideshare, photobucket
12.Online office: none, but I have to choose one - maybe Google doc will be my choice
13.Web conferencing: yahoo messenger
14.Image/photo tools photobucket, flickr , Adobe Photoshop
15.Video tools: YouTube
16.Course management system: Think.com
17.Social networking: none
18. I can't remember right now :)

Well, I have to admit - usually I search for the free online solution - now it seems it is useless to search for a soft who need to be downloaded, installed, updated a.s.o.

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