Web 2.0 not Just For Web Geeks

Jesse Diazjdiaz142@alamo.edu Sr. Multimedia SpecialistNorthwest Vista College LibraryPhone: 210-486-4574

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Web 2.0 was intended to bring sharing and collaboration to an otherwise static web.

Back in my day, people could only view information but not contribute or share their own work unless they were nerdy geeks.

What can I do with Web 2.0 Tools?

– Share Presentations – Share Documents– Share Expertise– Share News and Bookmarks– Share Media– Shared Website– Wow Tools

How should I think about using Web 2.0?

These tools are complementary to what you may be using in class or in e-learning.

– These tools can work with Blackboard.– These tools work alongside Blackboard.– These tools are independent of Blackboard.

These tools provide external experience for learning outside the classroom environment.

Share Presentations

• Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/

Share Documents

• GoogleDocs http://docs.google.com• Dropbox.com http://www.dropbox.com

Share Expertise

• Facebook Pages http://www.facebook.com• Blog http://www.blogspot.com• Twitter http://www.twitter.com

Share News and Bookmarks

• Digg http://digg.com• Delicious http://delicious.com/

Share Media

• Youtube http://www.youtube.com• Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

Shared Website

• Google Sites http://sites.google.com/• Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wow Tools

1. Mind42.com – Mind Map http://mind42.com/2. Slinkset – Social News Site http://slinkset.com/3. Quizlet – Flashcards http://quizlet.com/4. Knol – Share what you write http://knol.google.com/k5. Xtimeline – Time line creator http://www.xtimeline.com/

Where do I begin?

1. Take an existing assignment or class activity and think of how you can enhance collaboration through Web 2.0 tools.

2. Take a semester to learn how to use the technology before you use it in the classroom.

3. Create assessment strategies to tie learning objectives to rubric .

4. Be careful to not get overwhelmed, outline what you want to accomplish.

Sample Web 2.0 Rubric (Twitter)Criteria 1 Improve 2 Good 3 Excellent

Find and select tweets relevant to learning objectives

Did not repost or respond to critical tweets but does have a twitter account

Reposted to critical tweets but did not respond to relevant tweets

Reposted critical tweets and responded to relevant tweets

Add new content thought or perspective

Did not tweet but does have a twitter account

Tweets lacked relevancy to lesson objectives

Tweets were relevant and apply to lesson objectives

Analyze synthesize or create concepts from tweets

Did not demonstrate ability to use tweets to synthesize own ideas or thoughts

Demonstrated some ability to create opinions and ideas based on tweets

Demonstrated ability to create opinions and ideas based on tweets

Share resources with links

Did not post comments with links

Posted comments that included links but did not support ideas clearly

Posted comments that included links supporting thoughts and ideas

So You Want More

http://www.go2web20.net/

What does the future bring? Web 3.0 of course, and it’s

already here!

The Web gets personal! It knows I like AC/DC!