Web+2.0+educational+networks

** Definition: A part of the World Wide Web which focuses mainly on the ability of people collaborating and sharing ideas and information online. **** Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving web applications to users. ** **  Blogs: A blog is a webpage that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual and are usually updated on a daily bases. ** **Advantages:** **Disadvantages:**
 * Web 2.0 Educational Networks **
 * **Easy and quick to update a blog**
 * **Vent your feelings**
 * **Positive way of getting feedback**
 * **Blogs can be used through RSS feed**
 * **Increase student motivation**
 * **Students can develop writing skills**
 * **Hard to maintain**
 * **Students may encounter bullying**

**Wikis:** ** Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site including the work of previous authors. **

**Advantages:** **Disadvantages:**
 * **Open communication allowing anyone to post ideas, comment with text or attach a file (image or sound) and add links**
 * **Targets a wide audience**
 * **Privacy controls**
 * **Easy to use**
 * **Fun**
 * **Add people to certain groups**
 * **Internet connection**
 * **Hacking and spamming**
 * **Students may misuse or violate the social network**
 * **Students may not follow it as an education builder**

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 * **Security**
 * ** Privacy **
 * ** Intellectual Property **
 * ** People and Machines **
 * ** Addiction to Internet **

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