What are Web 2.0 Tools?
Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, LinkedIn. What comes to your mind?
According to Online dictionary from Google Web 2.0 is “the second stage of development of the Internet, characterized especially by the change from static web pages to dynamic or user-generated content and the growth of social media”.
Webopedia describes Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applications to users.
Other improved functionality of Web 2.0 includes open communication with an emphasis on Web-based communities of users, and more open sharing of information. Over time Web 2.0 has been used more as a marketing term than a computer-science-based term.
Web 2.0 Tools?
There are hundreds of Web 2.0 Tools out there. Check out these 35
- Glogster
Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends - Edmodo
Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech - Bubbl.us
Free application to brainstorm online - Twitter
The micro blogging service that many love or hate. - WordPress
Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging. - Prezi
Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint - Wallwisher
An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose) - Animoto
Make beautiful videos from images in a snap - Blabberize
Make your images talk…that’s right. - Weebly
Create your own website or blog, very easy to use - Flickr
Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print - Slideshare
Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions! - Audioboo
Easily record and share audio - VoiceThread
- GoogleDocs
The top real-time document creating and editing cloud-based system - Diigo
Popular social bookmarking site - Wordle
Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text - Wikis
Crowdsourcing at its finest. Like Wikipedia, Wikispaces is very helpful - Wix
Easily make your own flash-based website - Ning
Despite a new cost-based membership program, Ning allows you to have your own social network - Primarypad
Web-based word processor - Spicy Nodes
Innovative way to organize your web visits - Delicious
One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web - Myebook
Virtually publish your book and sell it - Voki
Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice - DoInk
Create animations using this simple website - Scratch
Create and share stories, games, art, etc. - Kerpoof
Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all