Applications similar to those on traditional PC but run on web server, may be used as personal (not collaborative) but have EXTENSIVE collaborative capacities.

Google Docs: Office suite
(Example: Create a spreadsheet and share it as a form, send the link to users or embed code. Users fill out form and add data to your spreadsheet.)
http://docs.google.com/

Zoho: Office suite
http://www.zoho.com/

ThinkFree: Office suite
(Voted Best Free Online Office Suite by Computer World)
http://www.thinkfree.com/

Scribd: Free Online Unlimited File Storage, Upload, Share, Explore
http://www.scribd.com/

Animoto: Free video creation with music and pictures.
http://www.animoto.com/

“Traditional” Web 2.0*
Focus on Networking and Collaboration/Participation

Wikis
(read, contribute, comment, debate)
http://www.wikispaces.com/

Blogs: Blogger (Google), MSN Spaces, Live Journal, etc.
(read, comment, publish, debate)
http://www.blogger.com/

Social Netorking Sites: MySpace, Facebook, Orkut
http://www.orkut.com/

Photo Sharing/Networking: Flikr, Picasa (Google)
download, upload, view, tag photos
http://www.flikr.com/

Voicethread: Blog combined with Slideshow
Add a picture or movie file, then record yourself talking about it. Others can add their voices to your production. Can be used as a slideshow, embedded in webpage, similar to Photo Story with narration.
http://www.voicethread.com/

Rich Internet Applications
(Also Web 2.0)
The user interacts with a website without downloading software. The user can customize the page/view/information.

BeFunky: Create your own avatar, cartoonize any photo
http://www.befunky.com/

MusicPlasma:
Find music, movies, etc. that are interesting to you
http://musicplasma.com/

Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Gliffy: Create Complex Organizational Flowcharts/Diagrams, basic account free
http://www.gliffy.com/

Optimal Sort: Organizational tool
http://www.optimalsort.com/pages/homebx.html

Visit http://technology.conroeisd.net, click Best of the Web, then Click “Web 2.0” for an ever-growing list of links
*Web 1.0: The web as a one way application where “viewers” receive information but do not manipulate or publish information.