What is Web 2.0? Before I read these articles I didn’t even know of Web 1.0 or Web 2.0. So what is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is just a newer version of the world wide web beginning with Web 1.0. Web 2.0 allows users to do more than they did on Web 1.0 and they just improved what was on Web 1.0. But it still wasn’t clear as to what Web 2.0 meant, they were able to clarify it by brainstorming a list to show what they want to go forth with the idea of Web 2.0. Examples of improvements made from Web 1.0 for Web 2.0 was Ofoto to Flickr mp3.com to Napster and Britannica Online to Wikipedia just to name a few. For Web 1.0 the standard bearer was Netscape and for Web 2.0 the standard bearer was Google. Netscape basically created software updating it and then distributing. On the other hand, Google provides a service based on data such as the links Web page authors make between sites and uses this to to offer a web search. The Web 2.0 era is the rise of blogging. Blogs are personal sites and usually are updated daily with daily opinions like a personal diary on the web.

The next article 7 things you should know about Creative Commons speaks about the creative commons and what you should know about it. Creative Commons is an alternative to traditional copyright, developed by a non profit organization of the same name. By default, most original works are protected by copyright, which confers specific rights regarding use and distribution. Everyone knows about the copyright law and protecting the things you put out there.Like choosing whether you want your things to be public or have all rights reserved. The creators of creative commons wanted to establish a middle ground so they came up with some rights reserved meaning it’ll respect intellectual property while expanding the acceptable uses of protected material.To use the Creative commons there is a HTML code that you add to a web page , the code includes a logo that links to a creative commons web page describing how the work may be used. It is important to use this feature because unprecedented power into the hands of content owners and users. If you put something up on the web and you don’t want anyone using it, copyright it and they would have to ask permission to use it. The downsides of this is only that the copyright law is complex and the creative commons only adds on to it. The copyright law along with the creative commons benefit teaching methods when you teach about anything. The teacher may want to go on the internet and use information on it and they know the information cannot be modified because it has been copywritten.