Web 2.0SOCCEDU

DefinitionIt is commonly associated with web applications

that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

It gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in asocial media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.

ExamplesSocial Networking

Sites

Forum

Social Media

Social Networking

Photo Sharing

Tagging

Podcasting

Blogs

RSS Feeds

Bookmarking

Wikis

Online Collaboration

Mashups

Twitter

Live Chat

Video Conference

S.L.A.T.E.S.It draws together the capabilities of client-side

and server-side softwares, content syndication and the use of network protocols.

It provides users with information storage, creation, and dissemination capabilities that were not possible in the environment now known as “Web 1.0”.

S.L.A.T.E.S.Web 2.0 websites typically include some of the

following features and techniques.

Andrew McAfee used the acronyms SLATES to refer to them:SearchLinksAuthoringTagsExtensionsSignals

S.L.A.T.E.S.Search

Finding information through keyword search.

LinksConnects information together into a meaningful

information ecosystem using the model of the Web and provides low-barrier social tools.

S.L.A.T.E.S.Authoring

The ability to create and update content leads to the collaborative work of many rather than just a few web authors.

In wikis, users may extend, undo and redo each other’s work.

In blogs, post and the comments of individuals build up over time.

S.L.A.T.E.S.Tags

Categorization of content by users adding tags (short words).

Collections of tags created by many users within a single system is referred as folksonomies.

ExtensionsSoftwares that makes the Web an application

platform as well as a document server.

SignalsThe use of syndication technology such as RSS to

notify users of content changes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

http://www.oreillynet.com/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html