Web 2 and Cloud Computing

This post is a general commentary on Web 2 and Cloud Computing based on personal general observation.

The worldwide web or simply the web may now be categorized into a series of stages of expansions of web applications beginning with web 1  to web 2  and on to cloud computing. These series of expansions indicate stages of development of applications which allow the internet users more flexibility, and of course opportunities, to participate on the web using a wide array of applications linked together by a series of interconnected servers around the world. It allows the user to store and exchange data or information in the computer hard drive as well as on storage devices on the cloud. That is why it is now referred to as cloud computing. 

Now one does not have to depend entirely on carrying a flash drive or other external storage devices. You may use these external storage devices to store personal documents that you do no want to share with others via cloud storage devices.

Web 2 applications allow the academic the opportunity to share and exchange ideas with colleagues from the same institutions and others around the world. Blogs, Google Drive and Dropbox are some of the applications that a teacher can use to share and exchange ideas with colleagues.