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Web 2.0 Tools - Social Software
Todd W. JornsSenior Director for Educational Technology
Illinois Community College Board
Definition
“Web 2.0 is a set of economic, social, and technology trends that collectively form the basis for the next generation of the Internet
– a more mature, distinctive medium characterized by user participation, openness, and network effects."
O'Reilly Radar
Technologies
Wikis
Blogs
Podcasts/Vodcasts
Social Networking Sites
Wikis
A wiki is computer software that allows users to easily create, edit and link web pages – Social Knowledge tool.
Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites, power community websites, and are increasingly being installed by businesses to provide affordable and effective Intranets for Knowledge Management.
Wikis
Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".
One of the best-known wikis is Wikipedia.
Wikis Benefits
Group organizing
Writing & knowledge building
Community development & building
Public or private
Wikis - Free Sites
pbworks - http://pbworks.com/
wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com
wikipedia – http://www.wikipedia.org
wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com
Wikis – Software & Example
Personal wikis that can be used on your computer or a pen drive (as well as online) TiddlyWiki - http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
MonkeyGTD - http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com/
Wiki-based lesson example: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=979
Blog
Blog is short for Web log.
Publicly available web pages, with personal views and links expressing the opinions and observations of a particular person.
Usually on a specific topic or theme (political, personal, topical, health, travel, research, etc.)
Updated regularly reflecting the personality of the author.
Blog
Can be online diaries/news forums that feature links to news items and stories from across the Internet's World Wide Web.
Most blogs are headed by an individual called a blogger and many of these are people who want to bring their own views online.
Other bloggers are journalists or industry insiders who create forums for expressing their opinions without editorial constraint.
Blog Benefits
Post class materials and class supplements.
Integrate all types of multimedia (webpages, audio, video, photos, slideshows, etc.).
Comment modes encourage interaction.
Team blogs enable engagement.
Create a class publication
Student journaling & reflection
Blog – Free Sites
Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
Edublogs - http://www.edublogs.org/
LiveJournal - http://www.livejournal.com/
Podbean – http://www.podbean.com
Blog Resources
More information: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/A_Cho/history.htm
Create a blog in THREE Minutes! http://blogger.com
Podcast
(iPOD broadCAST) is an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer.
The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod," the predominant portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music.
Video Podcasts - vodcasts
Podcast
Using the RSS 2.0 syndication format, podcasts are made available to subscribers just like news feeds.
The client program that captures the audio feeds and synchronizes them with the music player is a "podcatcher," such as Curry's own iPodder, available at www.indiepodder.org.
Podcasting Process
Access• Subscribe using
podcatcher• Download episode• Playback episode
Create•Record episode •Edit episode
Distribute•Publish episode to webserver•Reference episode in feed
Podcasting in Education Distribute course content
Provide overview of week Distribute lecture content Provide examples
Add personalization to online classes Increase student involvement (i.e.,
presentations) Accommodates mobile learning Student presentations or reflection
Podcasting Benefits Low-cost, low-barrier tool for disseminating
content
Designed for offline listening
Content is delivered to students
Frees learning from physical constraints
Reaches out to auditory learners
Podcast Tutorials
Podcasting 101 Tutorial.pdf - http://www.ilcco.net/ILCCO/index.cfm?page=Resources
ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 1) - http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2007_03/index.asp
ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 2) - http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2007_05/index.asp
Podcast Tutorials
How to Podcast – http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/
Quick & Dirty Podcasting Primer - http://www.stager.org/podcasting/guide.html
Podcast – Free Software
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Easy to use
Multi-track audio
Multi-platform (Mac & PC)
Social Networking Sites
A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together.
Members communicate by voice, chat, instant message, videoconference and blogs, and the service typically provides a way for members to contact friends of other members.
The "social networking site" is the 21st century term for "virtual community.”
MySpace
MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally.
Currently the world's sixth most popular English-language website.
Third most popular website in the United States, (it has topped the chart on various weeks).
Social Networking Examples
Friendster (www.friendster.com) was the first social networking site, which was introduced in 2002
MySpace (www.myspace.com) came out in 2003.
Facebook (www.facebook.com) came out in 2004 initially targeting college students, but later welcoming everyone.
Social Networking Examples
TagWorld (www.tagworld.com) introduced tools for creating more personalized Web pages.
Tagged (www.tagged.com) introduced the concept of building tag teams for teens with like interests.
MyPlace: http://classportals.org/myplace/
Online Resources
Jeff Newell's Web 2.0 TiddlyWiki: https://edocs.uis.edu/jnewe2/www/TiddlyWiki_Jeff.html.
TiddlyWiki for the rest of us: http://giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html
The World of Blogs: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06-wt1/www/A_Cho/examples.htm
