My aspirations to be a DJ...

How can I create my own radio station?
How can I be confident that I am getting the best price when I book a flight?
How do I access my favorite websites from various computers?
Where are the best spaces to create and edit information?

The answers to all of these questions lies in exploring Web 2.0 technology. I have been amazed at all of the things I can do with Web 2.0 and open source programs. This week I went and explored various sites and I have been so impressed.

I can officially say that I am addicted to Pandora: www.pandora.com. On this website one can create their own radio station. It is so user friendly and entertaining. The amount of music the site has is impressive. I can't wait to create a global music station that I can use in my Human Geography class.

I always experience a level of anxiety when I book a flight. Now that I know about www.farecast.com I don't think that I will be as worried. This sites compares all the major sites, but the most impressive feature was how the computer predicts if prices will go up, stay the same, or go down. This isn't necessarily related to education, but I think it highlights the scope and magnitude of web 2.0 sites available for our use.

www.delicious.com is a great tool for students and educators. I hate it when I add a really great websites to my favorites at home and then get to school and can't find the site. Delicious eliminates this problem. Once I tag the site with delicious it is stored in on online database that I can access from any computer. The great thing is that I can also set up groups. I could collaborate with my colleagues and share sites that are useful in the classroom and we can all access the sites. Students could work with children from different schools and collaborate on projects using this site. It is a great tool to organize the vast amount of information we find on the web.

I want to develop a class wiki where my students create a book of the course content. I thought it would be a great way for the students to evaluate and summarize what they thought was the most important in each unit. There are so many wiki sites out there. The one I really liked, after a little perusing was www.wetpaint.com. I felt that this site was very easy to use and the design was superior to the other sites I looked at. I look forward to trying it out in my classes.

These are just a few of the Web 2.0 sites I looked at. I didn't even discuss sites such as facebook, zoho, or youtube. The web 2.0 resources I am finding online are extremly valuable and useful. I feel I have been opened up to a whole other world and the possibilities are endless!