A Web 1.0 tool only allows the user to read information off of a screen. A Web 2.0 tool allows the user to actually become interactive with the website. Classroom 2.0 is an amazing resource for Web 2.0 tools. In a sense, it provides a forum and database of Web tools that all teachers could use in the classroom. They break it down into content areas so that all teachers can find information better. At first glance, you will notice that the site provides a blog for teachers or onlookers to view to ask questions or find the hottest Web 2.0 tool. The blog provides a way for people to ask and answer questions that others have. Beside the extensive library for Web 2.0 tools, it itself is a social network. It connects thousands of people throughout the world to discuss which gadgets suit them best in the classroom. Accompanying the forum for teachers and the list of extensive resource gadgets, Classroom 2.0 provides interviews of people specialized in technology. If a teacher wants to continue to learn and become knowledgeable about Web 2.0, Classroom 2.0 provides different meetings and organization who are hosting conferences around the United States. One cannot possibly keep up with the amount of Web 2.0 tools, so this website plus their conferences will help teachers be the lifelong learner that they need and should be.
Jeffrey Fisher 