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Explore the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and its impact on our culture and education. Discover the potential of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom and the exciting future trends of the internet.
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Geek Report: Web 2.0 Jim Gaston, Associate Director, SOCCCD IT
Overview • Web 1.0 • How it all started • Web 2.0 • How it is used today • What’s next? • What does it mean to us?
Web Sites http://del.icio.us/jgaston/web2.0 http://digitaledu.blogspot.com
The Internet • Started as the Arpanet in 1969 • Services • Email (1972) • FTP (1973) • Usenet (1979) • Listserv (1981) • Archie (1989) • Gopher (1991) • Veronica (1992)
Web 1.0 • In 1989 he invented • HTTP • HTML • In 1990 he changed the world Timothy Berners-Lee
What is Web 2.0? • It is not a new version of the web, but a new and exciting way the web is being used. • Web 2.0 provides a richer user experience using AJAX • Web 2.0 sites emphasize collaboration and a community of people produce the content • Web 2.0 is much more about the process than the technology
Web 1.0 vs 2.0 Page Microcontent Static Dynamic Text Video/Graphics Producer Participatory Unidirectional Bidirectional Search Engines Folksonomy
Web 2.0 Examples • Social Bookmarking • Del.icio.us • Spurl.com • Furl.com • Wikis • Wikipedia.org • Wikinews.org • Image/Video Sharing • YouTube.com • Flickr.com • Social Networking • Myspace.com • Facebook.com • Orkut.com • Twitter.com • Dodgeball.com • Elgg.net • Blogs • Blogger.com • Wordpress.com
Web 2.0 • Changing our culture • Making leadership more accountable • Changing the way information is gathered and distributed • Changing the way people interact and form communities
Web 2.0 Demo Google Earth and Wikipedia
What’s Next? • Exponential trends are predictable • His predictions • Radical changes in biotechnology • Language translation in cell phones • Computers will disappear • Rise of true artificial intelligence • Computer will pass the Turing Test by the 2020s • The boundary between physical and virtual reality will disappear • Neural implants • Nanobots and foglets
What Does it Mean to Us? When the world around us is changing, shouldn’t we stop to ask ourselves if we can afford to keep doing our jobs the same way we always have?
Administrative MySite 2.0 MAP New SIS Video Tutorials
Learning 2.0 • How do we leverage the capabilities of Web 2.0 in the classroom? • What would Learning 2.0 look like? • Collaboration and Community • Less Centralized Information • Self-discovery (within sound pedagogical guidelines) • Emphasis on critical thinking skills • Immersion and Engagement
Learning 2.0 Examples • Student Collaboration • Blogs & Wikis • NoteMesh & Stu.dicio.us • Shared Curriculum • Curriki.org • MIT OpenCourseWare • Open Courseware Consortium • Podcasting • Edupodder.com & Epnweb.org • Folksonomy • Penntags – University of Pennsylvania • H20 - Harvard
Virtual Simulations • University of North Carolina, Greensboro • ECON 201 • University of Indiana • Synthetic World Initiative (SWI) • Arden • Carnegie Mellon University • Peacemaker • Harvard Law, Stanford, SDSU, UC Davis, NMC • Second Life
Virtual Simulations Second Life Demonstration