Web 2.0 Promotes Active Learning Online

Engage, interact, collaborate, construct, simulate - all are enabled by a myriad of FREE Web 2.0 applications. Here are 20 of my favorite applications:

1. Blog http://blogger.com/
2. Wiki http://pbwiki.com/
3. Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/
4. Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
5. Google Docs http://docs.google.com/
6. Google Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/
7. GooglePages http://googlepages.com/
8. Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/
9. MySpace http://www.myspace.com/
10. Citizendium http://www.citizendium.org/
11. YouTube http://www.youtube.com/
12. Gliffy http://gliffy.com/
13. Skype http://www.skype.com/
14. Kartoo http://www.kartoo.com/
15. Elluminate Vroom http://www.elluminate.com/vroom/
16. Second Life http://www.secondlife.com/
17. Twitter http://www.twitter.com/
18. Digg http://www.digg.com/
19. Xdrive http://www.xdrive.com/
20. zoho http://zoho.com/

The linked video is another of Michael Wesch's - this one gives a good sense of how AJAX (asynchronous javascript and XML) and other Web 2.0 applications are changing the way we teach, learn, and live.