Becta report shows benefits of Web 2.0 in the classroom
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:35 PM
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Major new research into the use of Web 2.0 technologies, such as wikis, blogs and social networking, shows that young learners are prolific users of these technologies in their leisure time, but the use of Web 2.0 in the classroom is still limited.
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Definitions
Web 1.0 - In the beginning, the internet was a place where books, newspapers and music all moved into a digital format. The internet was read only place.
Now we have ....
Web 2.0 - Sharing of ideas and resources between people and websites. People communicating and interacting with websites and websites communicating and interacting with other websites. The internet has become a read and write place.
Just around the corner is ....
Web 3.0 - The internet is becoming a more personalised place as computers become more intelligent and are able to talk and think in a similar way to humans. It is known as the Sematic Web.
David Cearley, vice president of emerging trends at the technology-research firm Gartner, sums up Web 3.0 well when he described it "as something that will allow the Web to understand itself". This is the future, our future and it is just round the corner.