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Web 2.0 Applications

Web 2.0 Applications. Robert A Karl - Instructor. What is Web 2.0? – The READ/Write WEb. The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

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Web 2.0 Applications

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  1. Web 2.0 Applications Robert A Karl - Instructor

  2. What is Web 2.0? – The READ/Write WEb • The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web. • Web 2.0 sites allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue.

  3. Examples of Web 2.0 Themes • Collaboration • Tools that enable people to work together • Photo Books or Scrapbooks • Allow users to create visual stories from their digital photos. • Digital Storytelling • Tell a story using technology tools. • Quiz Makers • Create a secure, professional web-based online quiz • Graded instantly – saving hours of paperwork.

  4. Examples of WEB 2.0 themes • Gradebooks: • Track student progress online and calculate course grades • Social Bookmarking • Share bookmarked sites, provide resources to students, useful for keeping students on task • Presentation tools • Move beyond PowerPoint • And many, many more!!

  5. What are some Social Bookmarking applications? • They are defined online as: • Diigo: Great tool if you browse web using different computers and browsers • Portaportal: A web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online; no longer limited to any one computer • Delicious: Delicious helps you find cool stuff and collect it for easy sharing

  6. choosing the best social bookmarking site • Social bookmarking sites share key features, but try to differentiate to attract audiences • How intuitive is it? • How easy are key functions? • Does it do what I want it to do? • Is the language and terminology right for my context? • How much learning would it take for users to figure it out? • How does it look, and is this what I had in mind? • How do I know if I chose the right tool? • This site has great resources to support the Web 2.0 assignment: • http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Finding+the+Right+Tool

  7. Lists of Web 2.0 Applications • Ultimate Web 2.0 list: • http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/p/web-20-tools_04.html • Kathy Schrock’s Web 2.0 List • http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edtools.html#Web20_tools • Sue Summerford’s Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher • http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html

  8. Web 2.0 Directories • http://www.web20searchengine.com/web20/web-2.0-list.htm • http://www.go2web20.net • Educational Web 2.0 Sites: • http://techlearning.com/blogs_ektid35720.aspx

  9. Homework • Assigned Readings and Discussion Board Assignments • a. Read the article “Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into the Classroom” by Daniel Light and Deborah KeischPolin. The article is available in the Course Documents section of Blackboard. Add a post to the Discussion Board in the Week 3 Discussion Thread called “Required Reading”. Add a second post, replying to one of your colleagues. • b. Visit this website, The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen by You: http://edudemic.com/2011/11/best-web-tools/ • Visit 5 of the sites on the list and provide an annotated synopsis describing the 5 applications. You can add one post with 5 paragraphs, briefly describing one application in each paragraph. • Reminder: Complete 3rd journal entry, reflecting on what you learned during Week Three.

  10. assignment • Assignment – Web 2.0 presentation – 20% of grade • Details can be found in the Assignments section of Blackboard. The assignment is due at 11:59 PM on Friday, September 21. Visit the ED 5255 wiki to post your topic. • http://robbkarl1.wikispaces.com/ED+5255

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