I interpret Web 2.0 as web based applications, for personal and/or professional uses, with accessibility advantages (access from any computer, anywhere), which help to simplify organization, collaboration, and social interaction. NO SOFTWARE REQUIRED!

Web 2.0 can instantly become advantageous to any educator. Its uses could considerably benefit any aspect of education, including, effective learning, communication, implementation of procedures, as well as providing a way for students to get involved with their own education. The technology provides a simple way to organize all the needs of the teacher. I personally have been impacted from learning of Web 2.0, and has changed my outlook on learning strategies as a future educator.

Edmodo is one very effective application which was designed to help teachers privately communicate with students. It provides educational activities, actively involves students in diverse learning, and allows anonymous feedback from the students. Educators could utilize this tool as a means for improving learning activities and lessons from useful opinions received from the students. It's privacy would likely prompt students to give their feedback, and teachers could use this information to make decisions and adjust their curriculum. It's a great way to promote participation.

Another application I love is Nota-grab it, mix it, share it. The title says it all! A collaborative tool used to mix photos, text, videos, or pretty much whatever you can get off the internet, to create any type of project imaginable. Use it in conjunction with Jing to record and capture images and video displayed on your screen to share. It's a cool and easy way of adding visuals to the content of the project. These applications can be applied to collaborative learning in any subject. Students would have access to infinite knowledge that could easily interpret or represent their understandings of concepts. And it would be fun!