What is Web 2.0?? That is the question....

It is essentially an increasing range of software that supports a variety of technologies for open and collaborative communication, learning and creativity.

It requires:

1. a platform
2. social networking
3. read/write web
4. social software
5. gathering and sorting

Difference between WEB 1.0 and WEB 2.0

Web 1.0
Personal Websites
Britannica Online
Content Management Systems
Directories (Taxonomy)
Screen Scraping

Web 1.0 stays still, is static.

Web 2.0
Blogs
Wikipedia
Wikis
Tagging ("Folksonomy")
Web Services

Web 2.0 is constantly changing and improving, and is always getting updated. It is in a constant state of development.

NETWORKED LEARNING

WEB 1.0 is getting information from the web.

WEB 2.0 is constructing knowledge collaboratively on the web.

Web 2.0 is "Putting the 'We' in Web"
"...the Living Web"

--Newsweek 4/3/2006