My Favorite Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 is a radical change in how computers interact with the internet.  Previously, computer applications and file storage were all done on one's own personal computer with the internet being a means of sending information from one computer to another.  Under Web 2.0, applications and file storage move to the internet while the computer becomes a terminal with which to access them.  This has many advantages to computer use in the classroom.  Computers that only serve as terminals to the internet are much less expensive and much less complicated than traditional computers that have software loaded on them directly.  Using school computers as a terminal also allows students to continue working on assignments at home regardless of whether or not their home computer has the necessary loaded.