Begin by viewing this PowerPoint about Web 2.0

Web 2.0 gives users greater interconnectivity and social interactions on the Web.  Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information.  They allow users to create the content of the website instead of just consuming it.

There are five elements to a Web 2.0 website:

1. Content with style
2. User participation
3. Collaboration with other users
4. Social networking

 We will create a web log, or blog, to upload our designs and write occasional journal entries.  This will serve as a web portfolio of our work.  Anyone with an internet connection can see what we’ve been working on in class.

 Assignment

1. Go to tumblr.com.
2. Type in your e-mail and password.  Remember these.  That’s the only way you’ll be able to get back onto your blog.
3. For your URL, please use your first name and last initial.  If your name is Dave Roberts, your URL would be daver.tumblr.com.  If that name is already taken, come talk to me.
4. Write your blog’s URL down on my list so that I will be able to visit your site.
5. Once on the dashboard of your blog, click on Customize.
6. Under Basics, change the title of your blog to “<Your Name>’s Blog”.
7. Under Theme, choose a look for your blog that you like.
8. When finished, click on Save Changes.
9. Back on your main page, you’ll see many possible post options. Choose text.
10. Choose one or more of the following websites.  Write a 5 sentence blog explaining what makes them Web 2.0.  Title this post Blog Post #1.
    
1. csszengarden.com
2. threadless.com
3. wikipedia.org
4. Facebook or MySpace
5. creativecommons.org