Web 2.0
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Transcript of Web 2.0
Web 1.0?
• Web a digital library, largely a source of information for students.
• A large collection and collation of information with varying degrees of reliability and authenticity.
• Internet was once mostly about surfing from one static Web site to another while collecting or viewing data along the way
What is Web 2.0?• Web is the platform• wwww – whatever, wherever,
whenever, whoever• Users share information,
collaborate on content, and converse worldwide via social-software tools.
• The read-write web (as distinct from the read-only web)
• Data comes from many users and sources
• Data stored on host servers
Web 2.0 tools
• Blogs• Wikis • Social network software• Tagged photo stores• Social bookmarking• Communication networks• Podcasts and vodcasts• 3-D virtual worlds• RSS• mashups
Web 2.0 tools…
Web 2.o tools…
Blogs• Blogs (short for web logs) are
online diaries.• Blogs are Web sites that
allow instant communication and publication and allow for feedback from readers. http://judyoconnell.wordpress.com/blogging/
Wikis• A wiki is a communal,
subject-specific Web site where users can add and/or edit content.
• Wikis enable groups of students, teachers, or both to gather content and share written work.– http://judyoconnell.wordpress.c
om/wikis/
RSS
• Real Simple Syndication are called “feeds”: programs that take content from various Web sources—news sites, blogs, online journals—and deliver it in summarised form to the user (you!)– http://judyoconnell.wordpres
s.com/rss-2/
RSS Reader
• In order to subscribe to RSS feeds, you need to download RSS reader software or use a Web-based RSS reader. This allows you to access all your feeds in one convenient location.
Social Bookmarks
• This allows students and teachers to build a list of favourite websites they can share via the web and pass on to future classes.– http://delicious.com/c.arena – http://delicious.com/sharonmcg/
Podcasts
• Podcasting enables Web sites to provide visitors with audio and/or video recordings that can be downloaded to a local computer and watched at any time and/or listened to on-line.– http://aussiekids.podbean.com/
Social Networking
• “social content-sharing sites where members create profiles, network, and share opinions, photos, and audio-visual content”.– Facebook (150 million users
worldwide from 170 countries and in 35 different languages )
– MySpace– Bebo– Ning – lets you create your own
social network
Social messaging
• Social messaging sites allow users to communicate with other users in real time
• Messages are usually short
• Most popular site is Twitter
Photo storage and sharing
• Web sites that allow on-line storage and sharing of photos and videos
• Allows organisation and editing of photos
Why Web 2.0?• Many students have easy access
to the internet and email. (58% NSW homes have internet connection – ABS June 27, 2007)
• They use Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and MySpace
• Some have a Second Life! • It is an integral part of their world
outside school • Students are now tele-visual with
well developed multi-tasking skills.
• Over 83% of youth have a mobile device
Why Web 2.0?• Web 2.0 reflects an
“Architecture of Participation” …• The web is challenging
traditional approaches to how we learn
• The web is challenging our assumptions about classrooms and teaching
• The web is challenging our assumptions about knowledge, information and literacy
Why Web 2.0?
• Economic future is highly uncertain
• Education systems need to educate children with high skills AND optimistic outlook
• To compete in new economies people will need to:– Be creative and think laterally– Work collaboratively– Understand and leverage their
core strengths
Web 2.0 tools..
• Facilitate critical analysis and participation in publishing
• Allow the creation of educational communities to store and share knowledge
• Enables student reflection on learning
• Allows celebration of student success
• Increased motivation of students with a wider audience
Today’s digital kids think of information and communications technology (ICT) as something akin to oxygen: They expect it, it’s what they breathe, and it’s how they live; They use ICT to meet, play, date, and learn; It’s an integral part of their social life; It’s how they acknowledge each other and form their personal identities John Seely-Brown, 2004
Learning in the Digital Age; http://www.johnseelybrown.com/speeches.html
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Reflection…
• What are the implications for the classroom?
Did you know? TeacherTube.com
Considerations…
• DET guidelines re blogs and wikis
• Existing policies re acceptable usage
• Learning Tools Project – provision of blogs and wikis for students
Sydney Region examples
• Podcasts– http://canterblog.podbean.com/ – https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/5
109-cleverkids/
– http://m456m.podbean.com/
• Wikis– http://gymeabay.wikispaces.com/ – http://3p-space.wikispaces.com/– http://6dspace.wikispaces.com/ – http://rockdalestage3.wikispaces.c
om/
TeacherTube videos
• Wikis– http://teachertube.com/
viewVideo.php?video_id=20514&title=Wikis_In_Plain_English
• Blogs– http://teachertube.com/
viewVideo.php?video_id=12423&title=Blogs_in_Plain_English
• Web 2.0
TeacherTube videos
• Did you know? Shift Happens– http://teachertube.com/
viewVideo.php?video_id=3051&title=Did_You_Know__2_0
Did you know?• In 2007, the average
Australian family household had:– 3 mobile phones– 3 TVs– 2 computers– 2 DVD players– 2 portable MP3/MP4 players– 1 VCR– 2 games consoles
(Source: ACMA study cited in Lee, M & Gaffney,M (eds.), Leading the Digital School. 2008)
Cool websites to visit
• School Libraries and Information Literacy– http://
www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/index.htm
– Blogs and wikis
• Shift Happens– http://
shifthappens.wikispaces.com
• Wordle– http://www.wordle.net/
Cool websites to visit
• Go2Web2.0– http://www.go2web20.net/
• Judy’s Web 2.0– http://
judyoconnell.wordpress.com/
• EDUCAUSE Learning– http://www.educause.edu/
eli/16086
• TeacherTube– http://www.teachertube.com/
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