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=**What is Web 2.0 - or the Read-Write Web?**=

The nature of the web is changing from a static to a more dynamic, interactive, social place. The social characteristics of this new set of web tools is sometimes referred to as Web 2.0 or the Read-Write Web. Conversation, collaboration, and creation are terms used to describe Web 2.0. It allows for social interaction and discourse. Instead of just being a one way source of information where information is consumed, the web now allows people to have conversations about that information, and to then create new content from those conversations. Teachers can use these new tools to engage students in meaningful, collaborative conversations that validate the worth of student contribution.

The read write web allows individuals with like interests and passions to learn from one another.

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=Why is it important?=

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=Learning Tools for Educators=

Social Networks

 * [|Ning.com]
 * [|Classroom 2.0]- A community of educators discovering new ways to teach and learn
 * [|Global Education Collaborative] - A c ommunity for teachers and students interested in global education. 
 * [|Projects by Jen] - A community of online projects and a place to share ideas.

Micro Blogging

 * [|Twitter]

Video-Conference/VOIP

 * [|Skype](my skype id is robin.ellis1)
 * Brian Crosby, a 5th grade teacher, uses [|Skype to connect his students who can't physically attend and with classrooms around the world].

Webcasts

 * ====[|EdTech Talk]====
 * ====[|Classroom 2.0]====

Online Conference

 * [|K-12 Online Conference]

[|UStream]

[|Pageflakes]