Web 2.0

Strategies for teaching and learning in the digital age

Web 2.0

What is web 2.0?

Web 2.0 describes the perceived second generation of internet services that emphasise online collaboration and sharing among users.

Also referred to as the read/write web, users are content producers, not passive content consumers. (audience)

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Examples of Web 2.0 apps.

•Blogs, Wikis and Google Docs

•Podcasts •Social Networking sites - Facebook, Ning

•Video sharing sites - Youtube, TeacherTube

•Online photo sharing sites - Flickr

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Web 1.0 Web 2.0

• Britannica online

• personal sites

• Wikipedia

• blogs

• podcasts• sound bytes

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What’s the difference?

• content owned by a few

• one-way • two-way

• content shared by everyone

• participating• publishing

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Essential skills in the digital age

• capacity to deal with overwhelming amounts of information

• global communication, not just global information gathering

• ability to be a self-motivated learner

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This requires a shift… The teacher’s emerging role in a classroom centered on solving real problems is to facilitate student discovery, to offer resources, and to ask timely questions that require and extend student thinking.

Alan November - Empowering Students with Technology

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Some Web 2.0 applications •Skype

•Wikipedia

•Blogs and wikis

•Flickr

Podcasts

• Podcasts for Afrikaans

• PD to Go: Podcasts for Smartboards

• EdTechTalk: Homegrown Podcasts for Educators

• Teach Digital: Podcasting

• Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools

• K12 Online Conference 2007 Podcasts for Educators