web 2.0 tecnologies presentation
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What is Web 2.0?
A perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services which aim to facilitatecollaboration and sharing between users ”
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Change is in the air• The Purpose of the Web• Who “owns” the Web?• Digital Immigrants, Digital
Natives
Digital Immigrant• Small Number of Information
Sources• Uniform processing
Digital Native• Very large number of
information sources• Parallel processing• New type of brain?
Importance for Education• The next generation of learners
are predominantly “Digital Natives” with different expectations:– Web-based learning– Parallel Processing, multi-tasking– Group and peer collaboration– Anytime, anywhere access
Web 2.0 Technologies
• Open Source building blocks– XML– Javascript– Ajax
• Web-based API’s (application programming interface)
• Characteristics of Web2.0 sites– User controlled– Collaborative on a wide scale
RSS Feeds• RSS Feeds are a way of
automating the flow of information from a chosen array of sources
“Info Grazing” +
RSS Feeds• Use of Aggregators• How Students can utilise RSS
– Keeps research current– Facilitates continued learning– Focuses web-use
Blogging• Blogs are an incredibly simple
way for people to publish their thoughts to the Web
• Traditionally using words, but more avenues now open for Bloggers
Different Kinds of Blog• Vlog• Vodcast• Moblog• Tumblelog• Linklog• And so on and on and on….
A Video Blog
A Video Podcast
A Blog done from a mobile phone
A Blog containing mixed media
A Blog containing links
Educational Blogging• Educator Blogger
– School News– Policy Discussion– Teaching Philosophies– Class Activities & Lesson Plans– Technical Support– How-to’s and FAQ’s
Educational Blogging• Student Blogger
– Share school experiences– Extend discussion with teachers– Less restricted expression– Foreign language blogging– Linkbacks and inter-school
collaboration
The Art of Blogging• How to Blog
– Blogging sites– Blog search engines– Blog Directories
• Beware the Public Domain
Social Network Services• Web-based service that provides
a number of ways for online communities to interact
• Allows free flowing information to trusted network of “friends”
Harnessing Social Networks for the Benefit of Education• Adding teacher involvement
– Class Structure• Utilising “student” technologies
– Hub for API’s with educational bias– Hub for other Web 2.0 applications
• Beware the public domain (again)
Wikis• Wassawiki?
– A wiki is a free on-line writing space that allows users to add, modify and update its pages
– Permissions allow selected users to edit the wiki, and then publish the “new” version
Wikis in the Classroom• Joint editing of “one” document
– Easy remote group collaboration– Multiple pages for multiple
thoughts• Teacher involvement
– Virtual Handouts– Part of the collaboration process
• Open access via the Web
Tools for Web Research• Social Bookmarking and Tagging
– An online system that allows you to store, organise, share and search bookmarked web pages
– Folksonomies take this to the next level by encouraging collaborative tagging, generating useful searchable meta-data
More Tools for Web Research
• Marking Up Websites– Annotate, highlight and bookmark
online text• Polling and Voting Booths
– Opinion gathering from a selected group or wider community
• Mindmapping– Collaborative creation of processes
as well as linked data
Tools for Sharing• Image sharing sites
– Worldwide contributors– Online gallery of work– Easily searched folksonomic
tagging– Educational possibilities of
geotagging– Visually instructive annotation– Learning “Hot Spots”
Tools for Sharing• Video sharing sites
– Educational categories can bring focus
– Very easy to post and share– Collaborative editing creates “video
wiki”– Multiple editions track differences– Tagged folksonomy
More Tools for Sharing• Note Taking and Sharing
– Save and organise notes online– Manage a class timetable– Time-managed work schedules– Collaborative, open access– Revision aids (“Note tree”)
More Tools for Sharing• File Sharing and Online storage• Sites designed for the storage of
larger file-sets, but now have greater Web 2.0 focus– Multiple folders which include RSS
feeds – Storage and editing on web server– Store RSS feeds, podcasts and so on– Instant sharing with e-mail
notifications
Podcasting• Ease and Convenience• Creating Podcasts with Audacity• Availability of Podcasts
Online Office Applications• A raft of online alternatives to
office applications are now freely available– Suitability For Education?– Functionality– More Web 2.0ised
Extra Tools to Enhance Web
2.0
• Skype– Helping schools to communicate– Cost effective international links
• Camtasia– Create demonstration and “how-
to” videos– Voice over and webcam options
Summary• Web
2.0 has put users at the forefront of a new approach to the internet
• Public domain presents new threats which need a degree of management
• Innovative technologies offer excellent ways to enhance studies
• Web 2.0isation……
Further Resources• Catalogue of websites to visit on
my wiki: http://catalogueofweb2point0.pbwiki.com/
• Extended notes on the CD, but also at my blog: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/GethNichols
What Next?• Sign up and see which sites you
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edit my wiki, pingback my blog