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Understanding Web 2.0

Integrated Learnings

Hint: it was not to exchange music and books for credit card information) It was created to help people share information. Actually it was created for physicists across the world to share information in an easy to read format. They shared this information through documents connected together through hyperlinks.

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What is the semantic web?

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Understanding what a person, place or event is - rather than depending on just keywords and then using that data to present information. Wikipedia and Freebase both appeal to people who love to use and organize information, but the difference lies in the type of information covered, and the way it's organized.

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Google-Assisted “Search� Learning…but pls don’t say “according to Google�

Janet Clarey

You probably just “google it” and then click the Wikipedia entry for whatever you’re “googling.&# Google as an Informative Tool: using a dictionary command (“define: strategy”), learners can discover meaning (definition, usage, correct spelling,). Google Trends will return geographic information.

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