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Web 2.0 Tools - Part I and II
The term Web 2.0 was coined in 2004 and it can be applied across broad categories of emerging technology tools and design principles, social and economic shifts, business philosophies, participatory media and culture, etc.... Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking and social bookmarking sites, tagging, photo- and video-sharing, RSS, etc...) are collaborative, browser-based and user-driven. They include platforms and tools for publishing, connecting, sharing, organizing and remixing. Many of the new web based tools are free. Web 2.0 is a transition from working in isolation to interconnectedness. These tools allow for users to connect together to edit, comment and polish a document.  A popular synonym for "Web 2.0" is the "Read/Write" web, which suggests that users are //contributing, creating and collaborating// rather than just //consuming// web content. "Web 1.0" or the "Read-Only" web was a place where the average user didn't publish content, because it required technical knowledge (HTML and other programming code) and money (to purchase server space and software). Web 2.0 tools allow users to easily participate and to customize their online experiences.

At its core, Web 2.0 is about powerful Web-based technologies connecting people and ideas.

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