Web+2.0+Basics

**Web 2.0 Directory** This link includes a list of different Web 2.0 tools and resources. Web 2.0 tools are collaborative, innovative, and best of all, free!

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**Wikis** A **wiki** is a that uses wiki software, allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages, using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor, within the browser. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems. Most wikis serve a specific purpose, and off topic material is promptly removed by the user community. Such is the case of the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia. In contrast, open purpose wikis accept all sorts of content without rigid rules as to how the content should be organized. Instead of a website being controlled or edited by one author, group or user, a wiki can be controlled and edited by a number of users.



[|Wikispaces] [|Wetpaint] [|PBWorks] [|Wikidot]

**Blogs** A **blog** (a contraction of the term "weblog") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.



[|Blogger] [|EduBlogs] [|Class Blogmeister] [|WordPress]

**Avatars** An **avatar** (from the Sanskrit word for "descent") is a computer user's representation of himself/herself or alter ego, whether in the form of a three-dimensional model used in computer games, a two-dimensional icon (picture) used on Internet forums and other communities, or a text construct found on early systems such as MUDs. It is an “object” representing the embodiment of the user. The term "avatar" can also refer to the personality connected with the screen name, or handle, of an Internet user.



[|Crazy Talk 5] [|Second Life] [|Gizmoz] [|Meez] Voki

**Social Media** Definition: **Social media** are media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media supports the human need for social interaction, using Internet- and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.

[|YouTube] [|Digg] [|Twitter] [|Facebook] [|Flickr] [|Vimeo] [|del.icio.us] [|diigo]