Author(s): Ann Bell
Publisher: Katy Crossing Press
ISBN: 9781441449863

Exploring Web 2.0: Second Generation Interactive Tools - Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Networking, Virtual Worlds, and More is designed to help the casual computer user, students, parents, and teachers understand the latest in free and inexpensive web tools and their power for research, collaboration, and communication. It provides the history, background, and current overview of Web 2.0, RSS feeds, metadata, tags, tag clouds, and folksonomy to demystify the current jargon connected with this latest web phenomenon. Web 2.0 tools covered include:1. Social bookmarking2. Photo-sharing3. Blogs4. Podcasts5. Vodcasts/Screencasts6. Wikis7. Mashups8. Virtual Offices9. E-Learning Course Management10. Social/Professional Networking11. Virtual Worlds12. Online Communications [Summary from Syndetic Solutions]