2. World English Dictionary
• Web 2.0 —n the
Internet viewed as a
Web and
medium in which
Participation
interactive experience,
in the form of blogs,
wikis, forums, etc, plays
a more important role
than simply accessing
information.
2nd generation of the
World Wide Web Advanced
(WWW) focused on the Internet
ability for people to Technology that
work together includes Blogs,
(collaborate) and share Wikis, RSS, and
information online. Social
Bookmarking.

3. What is a Wiki?
• A Wiki is like a website. Click the above title
that will link you to a video on Wikis in plain
English (super easy demonstration).
• More than one person can change a Wiki
unlike a website.
• Click on this link to go to:
Miss Grant’s Technology Wiki

4. Blog
• Website containing the writer's own
experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and
often having images and links to other Web
sites.
• Only one person can edit the blog unlike the
Wiki, but others can make comments to the
blog entries.
Miss Grant’s Technology Blog

5. Social Bookmarking
• Saving bookmarked web pages to a public
website to share the links with other Internet
users.
• Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to
add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
• When you save a website to your computer by
adding to favorites, it is only on that
computer. Social Bookmarks follow you.

6. RSS
(Really Simple Syndication)
• An XML-based standard and format used to
distribute recent news and other frequently
updated content appearing on a website: an RSS
reader; RSS files; RSS feeds (Dictionary.com)
• Allows you to subscribe to websites that you
regularly follow so that when they are updated
they are sent to your RSS. This way you can read
them in one place. Google Reader is free and
easy to use.

7. Podcasts
A digital audio or video file or recording,
usually part of a themed series, that can be
downloaded from a website to a media player
or computer: Download or subscribe to daily,
one-hour podcasts of our radio show
(dictionary.com)
Click picture for
link to Podomatic.

8. Click on pictures for links.
• A screencast is a video of your screen with
your voice on it.
• A screencast is perfect for demonstrating how
to do something on the computer.
• Miss Grant has created several screencasts on
her technology wiki.
Miss Grant’s Technology Wiki Screencast Page

9. Capzles
• A free website where you can create a
timeline of pictures.
• You can even add music to your timeline.
• Very quick and easy to use.

10. Prezi
• Prezi is a free website where you can create 3-D
presentations.
• You can include pictures and videos.

11. Photo Peach
• A free website like Windows Movie Maker.
• Just upload your photos, arrange them, and
add captions and music.
• Photo Peach will let you add music from
YouTube and take the song only from the
YouTube video- very cool!

12. Pixton and Creaza
• Two free websites where you can create your
own cartoons.

13. Muvizu& Xtranormal
• Xtranormal used to be free, but now you have to pay to
publish your animated movie. It is a really cool, easy to
use site.
• Muvizu is a free download. You need to download the
program to your computer and you can create your
own animated movies and save them to your computer
instead of an online website.
• If you can type, you can make movies…

14. You are no longer limited to the
programs on your desktop!
• You can find almost anything online for free!
• The catch is, they can start to charge for those sites,
and then all of the things you created are on their
website and you have to pay for them.
• Many free websites make money through
advertisements.
• The advantages are that you can access them from
any computer and sharing is easy!