Play week: Web 2.0 Award Winners (Feb. 2-6)

So far, we’ve explored just a small sampling of the new internet technologies and websites that are empowering users with the ability to create and share content. There are so many more to explore!

For this discovery exercise, you are asked to select any site from the list of Web 2.0 Award Winners and explore it. With so many to choose from, it might be handy to first select a category that interests you (like Books or Personal Organization) and then select a tool/site to explore. Be careful to select a tool that is Free and that doesn't require a plug-in or download. The majority of these are free, so this shouldn’t be a problem.

Discovery Exercise:

1. Select any site/tool from the list of Web 2.0 Awards winners (If you prefer to select from just the winners, here’s a link to the short list.)
2. Explore the site you selected (click around, sign up, read the FAQs, etc.)
   
3. Create a blog post about your discovery: What tool did you choose? What is it for? What did you like or dislike about the tool? What were the site’s useful features? Could you see any applications for its use in the classroom or in Primary Source courses?
4. Read and comment on at least one other staff member's blog.
   
5. Play -- check your Travel IQ.
   

Web 2.0 – with so much to explore, just start with ONE. :)

We hope you're having fun with the exercises.