jadefinition

So...in my own words....Web 2.0 refers to the current and most recent phase of the world wide web evolution that is geared primarily towards the facilitation of communication. The means for this communication is widely varied and has resulted in highly specialized communities and applications. Key terms and applications included in the Web 2.0 evolution include:
 * 1) **Folksonomy**: a collaborative, user generated classification system that has evolved from social tagging.
 * 2) **Metadata**: according to Wikipedia, metadata is "data about data". It is data that provides information about other data (which is pretty much everything on the web....) The information is data that is part of a specific web application or environment.
 * 3) **Tag:** a key- word or term that is assigned to a piece of data. An example would be a bookmark or specific computer file.
 * 4) **Tagging:** a means to collectively classify and find information on the web
 * 5) **Blog:** This term is actually a contracion of the term weblog and refers to a type of website. It is typically maintained by an individual who provides regular entries or what I would call a running commentary on a specific area of interest. A key element of a blog is the community of followers that may publicly react or respond to the content of a blog.
 * 6) **Interoperability**: the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together. It can refer to technical systems, as well as social and/or political systems.I think it is the interoperability of web environments that has lead to what we perceive as Web 2.0
 * 7) **Derivative**: a measure of how something changes as input changes. In relation to web usage.... I believe it refers to the gradual change of terms or concepts as they evolve into new terms and concepts used in various web environments.
 * 8) **Leetspeak**: A highly specialized form of symbolic writing that is used to communicate in various internet communities. I think leetspeak is at the heart of my fear of jumping into online forums. There is sort of an elite-ness about it that is intimidating for me. I never knew there was an actual term for it.
 * 9) **Wiki:** a collection of web pages which are accessible to users who are able to modify and/or contribute to the content. Wikipedia is an example of a wiki as the entries are open to users who submit information for the purpose of collective understanding. I am starting to see how vast the potential is for using wikis in the classroom.
 * 10) **Attribution:** a copyright concept that gives credit to the original author or artist**.** This concept is difficult to impose upon my students who tend to claim whatever they can find on the internet as their own.