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=A) Overview=

Web 2.0 is a category of new Internet tools and technologies created around the idea that the people who consume media, access the Internet, and use the Web shouldn't passively absorb what's available; rather, they should be active contributors, helping customize media and technology for their own purposes, as well as those of their communities.  Web 2.0 is about revolutionary new ways of creating, collaborating, editing and sharing user-generated content online. It's also about ease of use. There's no need to download, and teachers and students can master many of these tools in minutes. Technology has never been easier or more accessible to all.   Basically, Web 2.0 is the new and improved version of Web 1.0 and the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 is the second generation of Web-based services. It’s now bigger and better than ever. Web 2.0 opens doors for many people to share information they know, get discovered for their talent(s), and even publish information about themselves.



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=B) Current News=

 Web sharing is quickly becoming the most popular thing on the web. Even sharing things like what you are doing or where you are going are becoming a huge thing. The biggest sites on the web are information sharing sites: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to name a few. These sites alone have millions of people visit daily, and are steadily growing.  People love these websites where they can download basically anything really. You can download movies, music, and even video games - all with the click of a mouse. In fact, there are websites already being taken down because of illegal pirating.  There is a down side to these information sharing websites. These websites can possess copyrighted content and be therefore penalized for copyright infringement. Having the possession of copyrighted content takes away money from the manufacturers as well as those in charge of the websites hosting something that might not technically be theirs. So, the creators of the copyrighted content are banding together and are trying to get all the copyrighted content off the Internet.  One such website that is having content removed is MegaUpload. MegaUpload is a site where you can download whatever you want, illegally, all for free. Sites like these are becoming more prominant on the internet and are being shut down just as fast as they are being put up. MegaUpload was one of the biggest websites on the web and it was recently shut down. Losing a lot of money in the company.



=Areas of Impact=

C) Education
The many tools we use for education are now becoming out dated because of the newer, flatter tools we now have across the inter webs. One of those new tools is Evernote. Evernote is a cloud based application that people can install to almost any device, like a tablet, computer, or smartphones. With Evernote, you can take notes on one device - like your tablet computer during a lecture - and then save the notes to the cloud and access them on your smartphone to study from while you wait in line, or even on your computer to review and add to quickly and efficiently.  Another great tool is Google Docs, which is basically a simplified version of Microsoft Office. The program allows a user to create a document, presentation, or spreadsheet and then share them with other Docs users. With recent updates, you can keep a chat bar open in the side of the document and talk with your coworkers. People can also edit and add to the document simultaneously, and another collaborator can edit the grammar, while the other two look over and add content to make a collaborative “super paper”.  Other great tools to use online in web 2.0 include social book marking, online library catalog, citation generators, online study skills workshops, digital footprints, book review messaging, online giving, database search, presidential pledge wiki, Wordle clouds, audio creators, blogging, recording, listening, sorting and sharing, how-to videos, and online study sessions.

 Furthermore, students can use these multiple tools to help with learning, easily communicate and collaborate with others online, have more convenience to study online, increase availability of quality learning, work efficiently, have interactive data visuals, reduce cost, and just have an “out-of-the-box” approach while studying online.

D) Government, Politics and Employment
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Analyze these areas of impact with regards to the flatteners. Include a brief summary of up to 200 words. Include one or more relevant images.//

E) Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leisure ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cloud based technology has furthered the way people can experience leisure-based technology. One company in particular has taken advantage of this: Valve’s Steam. Steam is a gaming community in the cloud and mainly online - while some parts still work offline - and through the cloud. Steam lets users create an account that holds the data of all the games, videos, and DLC (downloadable content) that the user can download to any computer with Internet access and has the required memory to hold the games. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sony’s PlayStation department has also taken portable gaming to the next level with the launch of their PlayStation Vita. The PSVita is unique in the fact that it is capable of connecting to the gaming community via the 3G connection cell phones use. This thereby lets the gaming go on even if you don’t have a wifi connection or are hardwired to the Internet. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Entertainment ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are many websites that have advanced entertainment on the web to a whole new level. YouTube is one of the mainstream sites for entertainment since millions of people worldwide can access YouTube for entertainment purposes. YouTube is a video sharing website that allows anyone, and everyone, to view videos of any topic. YouTube also allows you to create an account and allows the user to upload an unlimited amount of videos to the website. A person in South Korea can upload a video and a person in France can pull up the video and view it; it's a really simple process. There are plenty of other websites out on the web that let you view free videos, dramas, cartoons, anime, etc. such as Hulu, Animefreak.tv, DramaCrazy.net, and Tudou. All this is all thanks to Web 2.0.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Arts ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Art websites are being used to promote artist’s work online. This creates a whole new field of competition for artists. Rather than carrying their works of art to galleries, artist are starting to post them onto online galleries instead. Some websites include DeviantArt, Artmajeur.com, ArtistPortfolio.net, Renderosity, The Untapped Sourse, The Vision Grove, and AbsoluteArts.com. Some artists also post their arts onto YouTube. DeviantArt is a artist community used by many students, they can have a free or a premium account option, which allows students to view and summit work. Artmajeur.com allows artists to sell art directly through an online gallery for free. ArtistProtfolio.net is an online portfolio and directory for artists. Untapped Source is an online gallery especially for emerging artists. The Vision Grove helps artists network and promote their work with social software tools.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> With this new entertainment, arts, and leisure in this Web 2.0, people are getting discovered for their talents, being entertained, and much more. People can now share information they know as well as sharing information about themselves. They can post videos of themselves singing, dancing, doing something amazing, and the list just goes on and on.

F) Science, Environment, and Health
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Health ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> With health 2.0, you can expect to have changes in personalized lifestyle suggestions, improve outcomes, and have predictive diagnostics and applications. In fact, the Internet can become a wonderful tool in the field of health. There are many 2.0 tools that can be used and researched such as health content, blogs, news, and drug lookup. Along with that, the Internet can help - let’s say - a physician in many areas such as consumer-directed healthcare, hybrid sites, and physician social networks. With consumer-directed healthcare, one can just simply search for affordable health insurance online and find experienced providers (taking into account the cost and quality). Combining sites with traditional 2.0 technologies would be using traditional/vetted health content, health tools, videos/podcasts, health news, and blogs/personal websites (an example being Revolution Health). With physician social networking sites, it’s limited to only physicians. Ergo, it’s a place with great potential to share knowledge or solve rare cases, and provides an opportunity to get referrals based on many aspects - profile, publications, and clinical trials/research interests. Normal social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter also appeal to current and future generations because an employer can easily look at profile to help give them an idea of who you are.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Environment **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In the field of health many 2.0 tools that can be used and researched such as health content, blogs, news, and drug lookup. Along with that, the Internet can help (ex.) a physician in many areas like consumer-directed healthcare, hybrid sites, and physician social networks.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Enterprise is relevant to environment. The reason why is because environment is what surrounds you on a daily basis. Web 2.0 is relevant to enterprise because it influences employees, partners, and customers. If you are starting an organization that deals with healthcare or whatnot, you would want to use various web 2.0 tools to help you be successful. An organization needs to be collaborative, so web 2.0 technologies is the perfect solution. It can help with priorities, such as knowledge sharing, internal transparency, and empowering employees. With an organization, you need to think of ROI. Keeping this in mind, tricky things need to be accounted for such as your website’s traffic, what new patients are worth (and if they will impact your organization for the better or worst), requirements of recruitment candidates, and enhancing employee communication/reputation. It’s also important to think about what it’ll take; staff members, free web 2.0 tools, and installing your own tools. With enterprise being so evident in our lives through jobs, it only makes sense that such a topic would be included under environment.

=Video Artifacts=

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Students may work individually or with member of their team to make a 1-3 min. video about their topic for 100 points extra credit. Upload the video to Schooltube and embed here.//

=References=

Team Members
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//List all student names here in this format: First Name + Last Initial. Student Names should be hyperlinked to their About Me Presentation. Each student should select one area to work on with no more than two students in each area.// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **A) Overview:Corrine T.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[| Alyssa H.] Kimberly L.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **B) Current News: [|Kiera C.] [|Nick J].,** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **C) Education:[| Kiera C.] Tiffaney-Anne C. [|Wes B.]** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **D Government, Politics and Employment: Corrine T.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Alyssa H.] [|Wes B.] Kimberly L.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **F) Science, Environment, and Health: [|Nick J.] Tiffaney-Anne C.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Team Roles ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Click here for a description of team roles. No more than two people per role.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Content Editor: [|Wes B.]** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Tiffaney-Anne C.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Image/Graphics Editor: [|Kiera C.] ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Discussion Monitor: Kimberly L. [|Nick J.] ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Presentation Editor: Kimberly L. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** RSS Editor: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **[|Alyssa H.]** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ** Mind Map Editor: Corrine T. **

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