Web 2.0 and Social Networking tools: Home

Web 2.0 tools : A term associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, user-centred activity and collaboration on the Internet.

Social networking : A means of communicating and sharing information between two or more individuals in an online community.

• Web-based applications can be accessed from anywhere.
• Simple applications solve specific problems.
• Value lies in content, not the technology used to display it.
• Data can be readily shared.
• Distribution is bottom-up, not top-down.
• Students and educators can access and use tools on their own.
• Social tools encourage people to create, collaborate, edit, categorize, exchange and promote information.
• Networking is encouraged; the more people who contribute, the better the content gets.

(From Using Web 2.0 and Social Networking Tools in the K-12 Classroom)

Web 2.0 is all about interactivity and openly sharing content with others.

(From http://www.library.uq.edu.au/schools/BrisbaneTLNetwork.pdf)