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FOCUS. Web 2.0 in the Classroom. Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0. Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about reading and writing Web 2.0 for Designers Web 2.0 has arrived How can it transform teaching & learning!. Web 1.0 Strategies. Web 1.0 was about reading
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Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 • Web 1.0 was about reading,Web 2.0 is about reading and writing Web 2.0 for Designers • Web 2.0 has arrived • How can it transform teaching & learning!
Web 1.0 Strategies Web 1.0 was about reading • Sites are static. They contain information that might be useful, but there's no reason to return to the site later • Sites aren't interactive. Visitors can only visit these sites; they can't impact or contribute to the sites. • Applications are proprietary. Companies develop software applications that users can download, but they can't see how the application works or change it. • Is there a Web 1.0?
Web 2.0 • Gives power to the visitor with a new level of customization, interaction, and participation. • User-generated content lets everyone have their say on anything and publish it to the world at large (e.g., blogs, wikis and social networking sites). • These new technologies are changing our relationship to the Internet. What can Web 2.0 tools offer educators? Web 2.0 is here Web 2.0 & Language Learning Web 2.0 in Education
Web 2.0 Strategies Web 2.0 is about reading • Sites are dynamic. They contain information that is useful, and there's reason to return to the site later • Sites are interactive. Visitors can impact and contribute to the sites. • Applications are open source. The source code for the program is freely available. Users can see how it works and make modifications or even build new applications based on earlier programs • Is there a Web 1.0?
Examples of Web 2.0 • Podcasts • Social Networking • Blogs • Wiki’s • Image Sharing • Social Bookmarking • Mash-ups • Virtual Worlds Google Earth http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/google-earth-17.jpg
Podcasts • A digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers • Everett: Emerson Elementary • Google: podcasts • iTunes • Education Podcast Network • Article: Podcasts: Where's the Learning?
Social Networking • MySpace A popular social networkingwebsite offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally • Facebook A social utility that connects you with the people around you(similar to MySpace) • Other: Xanga, Live Journal
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Uses • Schools and Online Social Networking by Nancy Willard • Elgg - social network software for education by Steve O'Hear and edited by Richard MacManus. • Don't Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace MySpace by Robert Andrews
Blog (web log) • Website where entries are written in chronological order; displayed in reverse chronological order • Provide commentary or news on a particular subject (e.g., food, politics, news; personal online diaries). • Typically combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and media related to its topic. • Ability to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. • Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on other media.
Blogging Websites • Blogger: http://www.blogger.com • Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com • Edublogs - Free Education Blogs: http://edublogs.org • Blackboard: http://courses.wwu.edu
Educational Blogs Examples • Larabee School Portable C Blog (Bellingham) • Room 208 Blog (Wells, ME) • Google: blog subject area • Math Blog - Mathematics is wonderful!
‘blog’ Resources • Blogging Techniques for the K12 Classroom • Weblogs in education • Use of blogs in online college classes • Blogs and Blogging: A Home Run for Teaching, Learning, and Technology • Instructional Strategies for Blogging
Wiki’s (means “quick quick”) • Website that allows visitors to add, remove, and edit content • Collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites • Allows for linking among any number of pages • Ease of interaction & operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring
Examples of Wiki’s • Wikipedia: a multilingual, web-based, encyclopedia project • Wiktionary multilingual dictionary with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations • Wikidictionary: another free dictionary, words with definitions • WikiQuote a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language
Websites for ‘wiki-ing” • Wikispaces: free to educators • MediaWiki: Used by the WikiPedia project ------------- • Jotspot: Free wiki hosting service; custom software includes calendars, photo galleries and spreadsheets (acquired by Google) • WikkaWiki: a standards-compliant, lightweight PHP/MySQL wiki engine
Image Sharing • Flickr: photos, search engine, share photos, has a blog • Shutterfly: photo service, share/enhance photos, organize • Photobucket: upload, share, search photos, running count of images
Video Sharing • User generated sites mostly offer free services whereby users can upload video clips & share it with the masses • Examples: • YouTube • TeacherTube • GLEF Videos
Social Bookmarking: • A way for Internet users to store, organize, share and search bookmarks of web pages • del.icio.us: (pronounced as "delicious") • a web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. • can view others bookmarks, use tags) • Social Marker: makes social bookmarking of websites an easier process. • Top 5 Social Bookmarking Services:
Mashups • Hybrid application that draws from multiple sources to create something new. • Google Mashups Mania Covers the cool new Google Maps mashups, tools & applications being created by people over the world • Google Earth Pick any where in world to zoom to from space • Google Maps Help Center • Create mashups and simple applications quickly • A limited test and access is restricted to a few
Mashup Examples • TED-Hans Rosling Talk: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen. • Math and Reading Tests Map:Analysis ofdifferences between students passing their state tests versus the national tests in math and reading. • Google Lit Trips: Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! • Lewis & Clark: An historical map of the Lewis & Clark expedition.
Search Engines • Google • Ask.com • Yahooligans http://imthi.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/search_engines.jpg