SUMMARY

WOW is one way to describe web 2.0.  I knew absolutely nothing about it until I started the 23 things.  I am completely amazed at how much technology is out there to use from the internet!!!  This has definitely been an eye opener for me.  I absolutely loved Animoto, Zoho, Snapfish and Flickr.  I was already familiar with Facebook and use it on a daily basis to keep up with family and friends.  The blogs, chatboards and tweets, I am still not so sure about? Many were hard for me to understand how to use and it seemed like I signed up for a gazillion things, but on the other hand I can see these being used as a great tool for your classroom by starting your own blog, chatboard, or even a classroom Facebook page just for your class, that parents and students can utilize to share and keep up with what is going on in their child's classroom and to ask questions.

I know that I will be utilizing the Web 2.0 always, it is the  now  and the future.  I used to be scared to try anything on the web, download anything and basically don't have a lot of patience for a lot of it.  I now am not scared to try stuff on the web and felt a lot of satisfaction when I finally figured out how to do one of the THINGS that frustrated me, sometimes for hours.  Then I was completely amazed at how easy some of it was, especially Animoto or maybe it was at that point my fear of the "net" had gone away??? Anyways I am glad I have completed the 23 things and look forward to exploring more sites and useful tools in the future.