Using Web 2.0 Elements to Improve Student Learning

Vincent A. DiNoto, Jr.Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives

Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu

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Partners

The Apps Live Here

Pre- 1984

The Apps Live Here

1984 - present

The Apps Live Here

Present - ?

Subscriptions

• RSS – Real Simple Syndication • Pushes content to the users from the

‘publisher’• Stock Market, Sport Scores, Weather, etc.

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Free

• Most all elements discussed will be free• Hyperlinks will be provided• Presentation will be stored @

http://techcenter.jefferson.kctcs.edu/presentation, the conference website, http://vincedinoto.blogspot.com and http://www.slideshare.net/vince123/

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Some Free Applications that will not be discussed

• Free Applications– http://Zoho.com – http://www.thinkfree.com – http://gliffy.com– http://openoffice.org

• Second Life• Face Book• My Space

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Ideas Presented• Accumulators• Bookmarks• Blogs• Mash-ups• Live video streaming• Screen Captures• PowerPoint Slide Storage• Picture Storage• Google Analytics • Google Earth• Google Docs• Twitter & Linkedin• Wikis

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AccumulatorsA place to save RSS feeds. If you create items with an RSS feed and then have your students subscribe you can push out the content on your schedule.Your personal homepageA page that works anyplace and anytimeMany different sites Google, Yahoo

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Bookmark

Bookmarks give you the ability to have the same favorites on multiple computer platforms.

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Blog•A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated personal journal intended for general public consumption. •Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or reflect the purpose of the Web site that hosts the blog. •Source: http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,290660,sid8_gci214616,00.html•A quick way to publish ideas and concepts with an RSS feed.•Write to your blog directly from Microsoft Word.•http://blogspot.com•http://Historicalmills.blogspot.com •http://vincedinoto.blogspot.com

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Mash-ups

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Live Video StreamingCreating your own channel.Need firewire in your computerhttp://www.ustream.tvhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/vince's-video

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Screen Capture

• Jing is a free screen capture program• It captures both video and still images from

your computer display• http://techsmith.com same people who

creates Camtasia.

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Presentation SharingSlideshare is a location to post PowerPoint Slides to be used either directly or in other applicationshttp://slideshare.comAnother service ishttp://slideshow.com

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Picture StorageThere is a free side and a purchase side.Creation of Groups, Sets and Collections.Public and Private sidesCan do Mash-upsGeo Code pictureshttp://Flickr.com

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Google Analytics

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Google Earth

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Google Docshttp://docs.google.com

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TwitterA site to push out content of what you are doing.Therefore you can pushout information about your class to your students.http://twitter.com

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LinkedinCan be used to keep in contact with friends and colleagues.Can also be used to link to others with similar interests.http://linkedin.com

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Wiki

A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.[1][2] Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. (from Wikipedia)

I am using it as a definition library in my GIS Class, http://techcenter.jefferson.kctcs.edu/GIS/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Wiki%20Glossary.aspx

http://www.wikispaces.com/http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki