vast presentation: web 2.0 in education

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What's Web 2.0 and Can It Be Used in Science Education?

Dr. Denny Casey

Director of Education and Public Programs

Virginia Museum of Natural History

The Machine Is Us/ing Us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

A phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, Web 2.0, refers to a “second generation” of Internet-based services that promotes collaboration…

Web 2.0

and sharing information online in new ways such as…

social networking, blogs,

wikis, communication tools,

and

folksonomies.

Web 2.0

photo

photo

Picasa integrated with Google map

Google Earth layers

1. Download Google Earth

2. Under the “Layers” window, find “Global Awareness” category

3. Find “Appalachian Mountaintop Removal” and check the radio box

4. This will zoom you into clickable places and interesting stories

video

YouTube

video

video

social network

VAST on facebook

blogs

project management

project management

podcasts

podcast

wikis

presentations

bookmarks

tagging

to get started…