krWeb+2.0

=**Kathleen Risolvo**=

=**What is Web 2.0?**= = = ==**Web 2.0 is the term used to describe the way that the Internet is used as a collaborative and interactive space. This media is revolutionary in the way that information and news is created by the collective users.**==

Here are some of the terms that are related to web 2.0 technologies:

 * Blogs**- The term blog comes from the word weblog. This technology provides updates in reverse chronological order to chronicle events or commentaries. Readers of a blog can make comments about what they have read. The media may be in the form of written word, video, audio, or even pictures.


 * **RSS Feeds-** The jury is still out as what RSS really stands for. Many will refer to it as Really Simple Syndication, while others use it to describe Rich Site Summary Either way, think of RSS feeds as a subscription to your favorite website delivered right to your home, well, home page that is it. You must first create an account using a reader such as Google Reader, Bloglines or Pageflakes. Then, when you find sites that you are interested in being updated on, you click the RSS logo and you "subscribe" this updates of this feed. Still confused? Watch this:

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 * [[image:Picture_9.png width="289" height="229"]] || **Wikis-** This term is short for wiki-wiki, a Hawaiian word meaning "quick." The pages you are viewing right now is a wiki. Wiki's are a collaborative space that allows multiple users to add information to one space. The most famous wiki is Wikipedia. On this site, anyone can add what they know about specific terms. This keeps the information current with a collective intelligence.

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 * Social Networking Sites- an online community where people with similar interests can "gather" to share ideas, update each other ||  ||

Social Bookmarking- Tagging- Folksonomies- Syndication- Aggregators- Microblogging- Personal Learning Network (PLN)- html code- Java Script- API- Mashups-