what is a blog

Created by:

Paula Trapani

LRMS Librarian

Blogs are part of

• They are basically new kinds of websites found on a new kind of Internet.

• So now the question is…

• What IS Web 2.0?

When the Internet first became popular (mid 1990s),

it was called the

But the Internet has grown and changed.

• The “World Wide Web” has had a makeover.

• It now has a new format, new technologies, and a new name…

• Say good-bye to “Web 1.0” and hello to…

Here are a couple of

to help illustrate the evolution of the Internet

from Web 1.0

to Web 2.0Web 2.0.

In a nutshell,

• Web 2.0 is

• Here are a few of the key differences between the old web and the new…

• There were 250,000 websites.

• There were 45 million Internet users.

• There are 80,000,000 websites.

• There are over 1 billion Internet users.

Web 1.0 was Web 1.0 was about…about…

Web 2.0 is Web 2.0 is about…about…

•Reading•Content •Lectures

•One-way communication•One-dimensional

•Individuals•Finding information•Personal webpages

•“Expert” voice•Pay for software & domain

•One author

•Writing•Multimedia

•Conversations•Bi-directional communication

•Interactive•Collaboration

•Making connections•Blogs, wikis, etc.

•Peer to peer•Free software and hosting

•Many authors, editors, collaborators

Web 1.0 had…Web 1.0 had… Web 2.0 has…Web 2.0 has…

•Old-fashioned websites containing old-fashioned text and old-fashioned images

•Blogs: online journals, diaries, or web logs like Blogger•Wikis: collaborative websites like Wikipedia•Photo sharing: like Photobucket or Flickr•Video sharing: like YouTube•Audio: like podcasts•Social networking sites: like MySpace and Facebook•Social bookmarks: like del.icio.us

To sum up…To sum up…

• Are websites made by one person but contributed to by many

• May contain web 2.0 elements like slide shows, podcasts, movies, etc.

• Are used for communication, discussion, collaboration, and sharing.