Blogger

This technology is readily available on the Internet at blogger.com and can be accessed after signing up and creating an account.
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The New Technology (post 1)

The Technology I have chosen is Blogger, it is a technology used to share ideas and information. It is good for sharing as you can post as many posts for free. I have chosen this technology as it is useful in many places including the Classroom.

The hyper linked sites are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_(service)

http://google.about.com/od/googleblogging/fr/bloggerreview.htm

It is used in everyday life for finding and giving information about many topics.

Details about Web 2.0

The web 2.0 sites are now slowly stopping the use of flash (adobe's video playing device) and are now useing HTML - 5 video instead as flash is more battery consuming (according to Apple (Inc)).

Now job interview involve checking the interviewee's face book profile as part of the regulations.

Details about web 2.0

Web 2.0 is just a step towards a smarter web. There are many ideas about web 3.0 one of them is the internet generating data and ideas not humans inputting it onto the web but the computer actually thinking about the questions of life and the unanswerable questions and even invent its own theories.

Which elements of web 2.0 can be useful to me as a student

Web 2.0 Student relevant programs.

The programs that would be relevant to me would be wikis and blogs as they extend the classroom and allow me to save paper and put my work online.

Edmodo would also be useful as it is a social site which is used for homework quizzes.

Disadvantages of Web 2.0

Disadvantages of web 2.0

The Disadvantages:

• The disadvantage would be that you might have all your personal information online and someone might steal your identity.
• You might get cyber bullied online and people might find out where you live.
• You might get hacked by professional hackers and lose money or debit cards.
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Advantages of Web 2.0

There are many advantages of web 2.0 as it is used widely by many people across the world.

Advantages are:

• It can be used for communication with people who are not in the country or have moved away.
• Projects can be created with the help of many people who are not able to physically work.
• If you were sick on a working day then you will need to know what happened. So you can have a site ( like the grade 8 wiki ) which displays all the work that you have missed.