Users and Uses of Web 2.0

in Higher Ed

Who is Doing What?

Lake Superior CollegeDuluth, Minnesota

Famous Quotes #1• George Washington once said (re: the

cherry tree incident):

• "I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.“

• (Or did he?) This is just an icebreaker question.

Famous Quotes #2• Al Gore once said:

• “I invented the Internet.” or “I helped invent the Internet.”

• (Or did he?)

Famous Quotes #3•George W. Bush once said:

•“Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.”

• (Or did he?)

Choose the accurate quote.

2%

15%

21%

40%

21%1. George Washington

2. Al Gore3. George W. Bush4. All of the above

are true5. All of the above

are false

Which of these do you do?

2%

2%

73%

55%

69%

76%

67% 1. File income taxes online (e-file)2. Use online banking services3. Buy books at Amazon.com4. Check email on 3 or more diff.

acct5. Viewed a student’s MySpace or

FB6. Engage in an online MMORPG 7. None of the above

Choose each service where you

have an account

31%

16%

14%

57%

25%

14%

31% 1.Bloglines of other RSS Reader

2.Del.icio.us (or similar)3.Flickr (or similar)4.iTunes5.PBwiki (or similar)6.Second Life7.None of the above

Which of these communications tools do

you use?

14%

50%

10%

18%

26%

12%

46%

42% 1. Discussion boards (forums)2. Instant messaging3. Live broadcast: UStream, etc.4. Podcasting5. Skype, or other PC calling6. Twitter, Plurk, or similar7. Web conferencing tool8. None of the above

Which of these free Google tools do you use?

8%

51%

76%

12%

20%

18%

10%

47% 1. Gmail2. Google Docs3. Blogger4. Google Reader5. Google Chrome6. YouTube or Google Video7. Google Analytics8. None of the above

Social Networking? Check all that apply.

29%

2%

42%

29%

2%

60%

2% 1.Dogster2.Facebook3.Friendster4.Linked In 5.My Space 6.Ning 7.None of the above

During the past year, which of these ad venues have you

purchased?

3%

88%

91%

94%

69%

28%

19% 1.Facebook2.Google AdWords3.Internet – other than above4.Newspaper (print version)5.Radio (AM, FM, satellite)6.Television 7.None of the above

Cell Phone Usage?

77%

23%

0% 1.No cell phone2.Cell calls, without

texting3.Cell calls, with texting

Pull out your cell phones.Send short text message to 41411

Poll Everywhere

For Your Consideration

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• NOTE:At this point, people with text messaging service used their cell phones to answer the next question with Poll Everywhere

Which is the dumbest name for

a Web 2.0 service?

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Net Generation

Next Generation

Nexters

Generation Y

Generation Why

Millennials

Digital Natives

Generation Now

iGeneration

Echo Boomers

GoogleGeneration

NintendoGeneration

Screenagers

That’s Crazy talk.Let’s consolidate.

DigitalNet-Gennials

Compared to previous 2 generations, you agree that the

Digital Net Gens are more:

4%

33%

58%

10%

33%

40%

42% 1.Sheltered2.Confident3.Team-oriented4.Conventional5.Pressured6.Achieving 7.None of the above

Digital Net-Gennials are Tech Savvy

• Really. Are you sure?• They’re MySpace and FaceBook savvy.• They’re IM and texting savvy.• They have very few technology skills

that we expect them to use in our schools.

• Is that their problem, or ours?

Not the End

Let’s look at someWeb 2.0 services