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The Internet is evolving, and Web 2.0 is changing the way we interact online. This web guide will help those new to social media gain an understanding of social networking, social bookmarking, social news, personalized start pages, wikis, widgets and other aspects of the new Internet that can help in connecting with others, increasing productivity or having more fun.

A good starting point for those looking to define and understand what is meant by web2.0

Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important the area of assessment be addressed. One usable method for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes.

** Visit this site to help you develop an assessment rubric for your culminating assessment task.

A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is hosted in a browser-controlled environment (e.g. a Java applet)[citation needed] or coded in a browser-supported language (such as JavaScript, combined with a browser-rendered markup language like HTML) and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable. Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of web browsers, and the convenience of using a web browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client. The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity, as is the inherent support for cross-platform compatibility. Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, wikis and many other functions.

A good place to start to learn about webapps.

Mar Pesce on Those Wacky Kids. A seminar about "The Digital Education Revolution", Adelaide, Monday 2 June 2008. All about kids, hyperconnectivity, and the gap between how the kids communicate today and how we try to educate them in the classroom. The text for "Those Wacky Kids" is available at http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=56