Web 2.0 is the next generation (2nd generation) of World Wide Web products that (simply put) facilitates: communication, sharing information, and collaboration (among more technical practices). An interesting piece of trivia that I came across during my exploration is that "Web 2.0" has been declared the 1,000,000th English word or phrase by the Global Language Monitor.
Three important things that I learned about 21st Century Learners is:

• we are all 21st century learners (even my 85 and 88 year old parents)
• we are all better multi-taskers than we were 5 years ago because we are all 21st Century Learners
• the older generation of 21st Century Learners will need to expect shorter attention spans due to fast response times which are a result of the younger generation of 21st Century Learners being so connected to unlimited amounts of information.

What will we do? We will adjust, but we better do so quickly!

The 21st Century Skills that will help the digital natives meet with success and the digital immigrants acclimate are:

• creativity and innovation
• communication & collaboration
• critical thinking & problem solving resulting in decision making
• research & information fluency