Internet - The Old and The New

Keep those cards and comix coming. I've gotten a lot of them, so it is working.
Monday we will look at the "NEW" web, also called Web 2.0. It's different than the old familiar web that we all know and use. The traditional web is what might be called 'read-only". It contains a lot of sites where information is stored, as well as tools, such as search sites, to allow access to that information. People using the "old" web work independently. It also provides communication in the form of email, chat rooms, discussion forums, etc.
Web 2.0, the "new' web, is regarded as the read-write web. Blogs, wikis, and feed readers are some of the new applications. They allow people to work collaboratively to create new information for the web, and to share this information with users world-wide. Communication can be constant and ongoing. New communication tools include blogs, Flicker, Twitter, etc. The new web has the potential to dramatically change how we create and deliver educational content.