About Web X.0 (being X = 1, 2 and 3)

We were talking in class about the terms “web 1.0” and “web 2.0”; even “web 3.0”. You could think that there are some other instances in between, like web 1.5 or web 2.2, but so far there are not such things. Let’s stick to the real terms and try to see their differences.

Web 1.0 was the beginning of the World Wide Web to the general public. People surfing the net in its 1.0 aspect are considered to be passive consumers. They just can read information, maybe download it, print it, but there are not many other types of interaction. The most common format in web 1.0 is HTML (HyperText Markup Language), which allows users to link information to any other information over the internet. As an example, here you have a capture: the official website of Les Luthiers.

Web 2.0, obviously, would be one step ahead. Users are not just retrieving information but they are also creating, sharing, storing data, and so forth. They may also have control over some features. Nowadays, the most popular example of web 2.0 is social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+ or Twitter, video storage like YouTube, blogs, wikis and many others.

Here you have a map of social networking (you can open it, otherwise you'll need a magnifying glass).

We are not dealing with web 3.0 yet… I mean here, in ECO (or in this blog!). Let’s just mention that it is about artificial intelligence, computers generating information rather than humans. It is called “the Semantic Web”.
You can search for further information on the internet, of course, and if you happen to discover what “web 2.2” is about, please leave your message at http://aldanamviano.blogspot.com.ar (she will be glad).
Soon we will be exploring web 2.0 tools and how to use them in the classroom.