Practical uses for Web 2.0 in education – an overview Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com

What is Web 2.0? Let’s just not go there shall we? Definitions are less important than what you can do with it Oh, if you really insist…

Let’s just not go there shall we?

Definitions are less important than what you can do with it

Oh, if you really insist…

What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes. Wikipedia entry

Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.

Wikipedia entry

Web 1.0 was computer based Web 2.0 uses the web as a platform

Web 1.0 was computer based

Web 2.0 uses the web as a platform

Web 1.0 relied on installed software Web 2.0 uses the browser

Web 1.0 relied on installed software

Web 2.0 uses the browser

Web 1.0 was solitary Web 2.0 encourages sharing

Web 1.0 was solitary

Web 2.0 encourages sharing

Web 1.0 was individuals working alone Web 2.0 is community, sharing wisdom

Web 1.0 was individuals working alone

Web 2.0 is community, sharing wisdom

Web 1.0 was data in one place Web 2.0 is the portability of data

Web 1.0 was data in one place

Web 2.0 is the portability of data

Web 1.0 was about consuming (data) Web 2.0 is about creating data Weblogs Photograph sharing Wikis Collaborative resources Social networking Bookmarking

Web 1.0 was about consuming (data)

Web 2.0 is about creating data

Weblogs

Photograph sharing

Wikis

Collaborative resources

Social networking

Bookmarking

Web 1.0 was home pages Web 2.0 is weblogs

Web 1.0 was home pages

Web 2.0 is weblogs

Web 1.0 was tracking information down Web 2.0 is having information come to you

Web 1.0 was tracking information down

Web 2.0 is having information come to you

Web 1.0 was badging your content Web 2.0 is getting the answer out there quickly

Web 1.0 was badging your content

Web 2.0 is getting the answer out there quickly

Web 1.0 was slow transfer rates Web 2.0 is about broadband

Web 1.0 was slow transfer rates

Web 2.0 is about broadband

Web 1.0 was hardware $s Web 2.0 is broadband $s

Web 1.0 was hardware $s

Web 2.0 is broadband $s

Web 1.0 was getting it perfect Web 2.0 is doing it and moving on

Web 1.0 was getting it perfect

Web 2.0 is doing it and moving on

Web 1.0 was stationary Web 2.0 is mobile

Web 1.0 was stationary

Web 2.0 is mobile

Web 1.0 was about limitations Web 2.0 is about a state of mind

Web 1.0 was about limitations

Web 2.0 is about a state of mind

Yes… but? “ It’s vacuous marketing hype” “ Web 2.0 is totally silly” “ Meaningless” “ is made entirely of pretentious self serving morons.” “ a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”

“ It’s vacuous marketing hype”

“ Web 2.0 is totally silly”

“ Meaningless”

“ is made entirely of pretentious self serving morons.”

“ a lot of thin but very hot air blown at you by those who are convinced that having nothing to say is by no means a good reason to shut up.”

So… Is it a question of degrees of difference?

Is it a question of degrees of difference?

Or… A difference of kind? (Is it or isn’t it a fad?)

A difference of kind? (Is it or isn’t it a fad?)

OK… so how can I use it? Weblogs Create a library weblog Additional or new library resources Introduce members of staff Use it as a repository of data and information by using categories and tags Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an important website in its own right…

Weblogs

Create a library weblog

Additional or new library resources

Introduce members of staff

Use it as a repository of data and information by using categories and tags

Don’t regard a weblog as a diary – it’s an important website in its own right…

Weblogs continued… Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors Use it in a different way, on a different page

Use the weblog RSS feed on the site home page as a news feed

Encourage people to add the feed to their start page or RSS reader

Create a different weblog for a different subject area – invite other authors

Use it in a different way, on a different page

School weblogs Hope CE Primary School Chase Terrace Primary School Athelstaneford Primary School

Hope CE Primary School

Chase Terrace Primary School

Athelstaneford Primary School

What do they include? Daily pictures of the school Visitor locations Event calendars Flickr widget Links to other school websites Archives Scanned drawings Poems Delicious links

Daily pictures of the school

Visitor locations

Event calendars

Flickr widget

Links to other school websites

Archives

Scanned drawings

Poems

Delicious links

Other software Edublogs Class Blogmeister

Edublogs

Class Blogmeister

News reports from the BBC

So what exactly is RSS again? Really Simple Search Rich Site Summary ‘ Read some stories’ Newsfeeds It’s a common way of transferring data from one resource to another one

Really Simple Search

Rich Site Summary

‘ Read some stories’

Newsfeeds

It’s a common way of transferring data from one resource to another one

The version a human being sees:

The version a human being sees:

The RSS version: Phil Bradley's weblog http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/ Internet searching, web design, search engine developments and anything that will interest librarians! en-GB 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult' http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/egypt_blogger_j.html Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to... <p><a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6385849.stm&quot; title=&quot;BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'&quot;>Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'</a>. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to the BBC story.</p> Current Affairs philipbradley 2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Google charges for web programs http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/google_charges_.html Google charges for web programs. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a... <p><a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6385487.stm&quot; title=&quot;BBC NEWS | Technology | Google charges for web programs&quot;>Google charges for web programs</a>. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a premium version of their email, calendar, word processing and messaging package. It'll cost £27 or 40€ or $50 which includes more storage, phone help and 99.9% uptime (which is actually downtime of about 9 hours per year if you don't want to work it out yourself) and it'll be advertisement free.</p> <p>Google is of course saying that it's not an attack on Microsoft.</p> Google specific philipbradley

The RSS version:

Phil Bradley's weblog

http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/

Internet searching, web design, search engine developments and anything that will interest librarians!

en-GB

2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00 Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'

http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/egypt_blogger_j.html

Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to...

<p><a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6385849.stm&quot; title=&quot;BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'&quot;>Egyptian blogger jailed for 'insult'</a>. Abdel Kareem Soliman has been jailed for four years for criticising and insulting Islam and the president. He'd used his weblog to take a swipe at the country's top Islamic institution. The link goes to the BBC story.</p>

Current Affairs

philipbradley

2007-02-23T10:57:53+00:00

Google charges for web programs

http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2007/02/google_charges_.html

Google charges for web programs. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a...

<p><a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6385487.stm&quot; title=&quot;BBC NEWS | Technology | Google charges for web programs&quot;>Google charges for web programs</a>. Well, this is all over the blogs and news at the moment - my link goes to the BBC version of the story. No great surprise here really; Google is going to start selling a premium version of their email, calendar, word processing and messaging package. It'll cost £27 or 40€ or $50 which includes more storage, phone help and 99.9% uptime (which is actually downtime of about 9 hours per year if you don't want to work it out yourself) and it'll be advertisement free.</p>

<p>Google is of course saying that it's not an attack on Microsoft.</p>

Google specific

philipbradley

Each RSS resource has its own URL and other applications can point to that URL, gather the data and display it in a different format.

Each RSS resource has its own URL and other applications can point to that URL, gather the data and display it in a different format.

RSS and search

So, what else can I do with RSS? Add to content to webpages

Add to content to webpages

Add content to a news aggregator

Add content to a news aggregator

Add content to a start page

Add content to a start page

Keep current with comments and updates

Keep current with comments and updates

In conclusion therefore… RSS brings data to you, and allows you to send it out to other places.

In conclusion therefore… RSS brings data to you, and allows you to send it out to other places.

Using news aggregators Such as Bloglines or the Google Reader Keep up to date Up to the minute Create your own searches Use these to create your own news feeds Combine these and publish them for users

Such as Bloglines or the Google Reader

Keep up to date

Up to the minute

Create your own searches

Use these to create your own news feeds

Combine these and publish them for users

Podcasts Provide access to audio content Guides/tours around a library School radio stations Book readings Library news Recording interesting people

Provide access to audio content

Guides/tours around a library

School radio stations

Book readings

Library news

Recording interesting people

Podcasting resources GCast Gabcast Podomatic

GCast

Gabcast

Podomatic

Podcasts 2 Content that can’t easily be made available in other formats Content that is accessible on the move Not time or place dependent.

Content that can’t easily be made available in other formats

Content that is accessible on the move

Not time or place dependent.

Schools using Podcasts Lancashire Grid for Learning 48 schools in the area podcasting Guildford College

Lancashire Grid for Learning

48 schools in the area podcasting

Guildford College

More examples Tovashal Elementary Primary School Radio Willow Web Podcasts for schools and educators Redbridge Podcast network

Tovashal Elementary Primary School

Radio Willow Web

Podcasts for schools and educators

Redbridge Podcast network

Start Pages Pageflakes Netvibes Collate data into one place Not machine dependent Good for: Links Email Search engines RSS feeds Weather Etc…

Pageflakes

Netvibes

Collate data into one place

Not machine dependent

Good for:

Links

Email

Search engines

RSS feeds

Weather

Etc…

Start Pages

Using start pages Individually As a group Share tabbed pages Alternative to email contact To Do lists Note pads Always immediately available

Individually

As a group

Share tabbed pages

Alternative to email contact

To Do lists

Note pads

Always immediately available

School examples Letchworth Central Middle School (US) School Resources & Widgets (US) Gretton Primary School (UK)

Letchworth Central Middle School (US)

School Resources & Widgets (US)

Gretton Primary School (UK)

Bookmarking Limited to a specific machine Not informative Difficult to find what you want Inflexible Cannot easily share bookmarks

Limited to a specific machine

Not informative

Difficult to find what you want

Inflexible

Cannot easily share bookmarks

What are the alternatives? Del.icio.us Diigo digg

Del.icio.us

Diigo

digg

You can: Share your bookmarks Between computers Between colleagues Between users Create bookmark sets To supplement projects To assist users Annotate (or tag) bookmarks

Share your bookmarks

Between computers

Between colleagues

Between users

Create bookmark sets

To supplement projects

To assist users

Annotate (or tag) bookmarks

Great for searching! http://del.icio.us/tag/ <search_term>

http://del.icio.us/tag/ <search_term>

Get an RSS feed automatically http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/[insert your tag here]

http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/[insert your tag here]

Who is using it? Dept. Children, Schools, Families Kent Teachers

Dept. Children, Schools, Families

Kent Teachers

Search builders Create your own search engines Limit to trusted sites As small as you want, as large as you need Use the given URL or Cut and paste onto your own site Use them and then throw them

Create your own search engines

Limit to trusted sites

As small as you want, as large as you need

Use the given URL or

Cut and paste onto your own site

Use them and then throw them

That would be: Rollyo Google Custom Search Builder Eurekster swicki Yahoo Search builder

Rollyo

Google Custom Search Builder

Eurekster swicki

Yahoo Search builder

And… Topicle Quintura

Topicle

Quintura

School Examples

Collaborate on knowledge Provide content onto a webpage Items, notes, articles Links to news or blogs Search functions Video options Let others collaborate

Provide content onto a webpage

Items, notes, articles

Links to news or blogs

Search functions

Video options

Let others collaborate

Creating communities Zimbio Flickr Grou.ps Plum Squidoo Pageflakes Facebook

Zimbio

Flickr

Grou.ps

Plum

Squidoo

Pageflakes

Facebook

Flickr

School examples

Squidoo

Facebook

Wikis

Wikis LIS wiki Library success wiki Wikipedia Peanut butter wiki Wikispaces for teachers

LIS wiki

Library success wiki

Wikipedia

Peanut butter wiki

Wikispaces for teachers

School examples East Linton Primary School wiki Victoria Primary School wiki Aberford School wiki

East Linton Primary School wiki

Victoria Primary School wiki

Aberford School wiki

Instant messaging “ Email is for old people” Talk instantly back and forth Share files (or not!) Share webcam discussions Group chat IM from webpages Create chatrooms

“ Email is for old people”

Talk instantly back and forth

Share files (or not!)

Share webcam discussions

Group chat

IM from webpages

Create chatrooms

Instant Messenger Services

Using… Plugoo Gabbly Chat Meebo rooms

Plugoo

Gabbly Chat

Meebo rooms

Collaborate On documents – Google docs On spreadsheets - NumSum With calendars - Jotlet With training - WizIQ With projects – MyWebDesktop With To Do lists – TaDaList

On documents – Google docs

On spreadsheets - NumSum

With calendars - Jotlet

With training - WizIQ

With projects – MyWebDesktop

With To Do lists – TaDaList

Group Communication VoiceThread Allows users to collaborate with images, video, discussions and uploading material to a central resource – ‘digital story telling made easy’ James and the giant peach Voices from the past

VoiceThread

Allows users to collaborate with images, video, discussions and uploading material to a central resource – ‘digital story telling made easy’

James and the giant peach

Voices from the past

WizIQ WizIQ

WizIQ

Edmodo – education microblogging Edmodo

Edmodo

Story telling Story Tools Slideshow tools Timeline tools Mixer tools Collage tools Map tools Audio tools Video tools

Story Tools

Slideshow tools

Timeline tools

Mixer tools

Collage tools

Map tools

Audio tools

Video tools

Educational Online J2e (Just too easy) Word processor Desktop publisher Web page/web site creator Form Creator On-line storage

J2e (Just too easy)

Word processor

Desktop publisher

Web page/web site creator

Form Creator

On-line storage

Combine everything! With RSS and other Web 2.0 resources anything can work with anything else Content can be changed and manipulated into different formats that you control Users can get involved Geography doesn’t matter Speed is easy It’s not technical!

With RSS and other Web 2.0 resources anything can work with anything else

Content can be changed and manipulated into different formats that you control

Users can get involved

Geography doesn’t matter

Speed is easy

It’s not technical!

So why not… Create search engines for subject groups Get users involved with a Zimbio group on an aspect of <whatever>? Create a Squidoo lens for a subject? Start a library weblog? Create a flickr group

Create search engines for subject groups

Get users involved with a Zimbio group on an aspect of <whatever>?

Create a Squidoo lens for a subject?

Start a library weblog?

Create a flickr group

Or… A podcast or a radio station, both involving music students A Pageflakes page that you can share with colleagues Create del.icio.us or FURL accounts and share them Start a wiki for all the librarians in the area

A podcast or a radio station, both involving music students

A Pageflakes page that you can share with colleagues

Create del.icio.us or FURL accounts and share them

Start a wiki for all the librarians in the area

Or even Use instant messaging to provide information in a different way Create a book reading club using LibraryThing, Amazon and a weblog Have a library tour on YouTube

Use instant messaging to provide information in a different way

Create a book reading club using LibraryThing, Amazon and a weblog

Have a library tour on YouTube

Or even Create trading cards from Flickr photographs Create fun/interesting new posters Set up a Facebook, Bebo, MySpace account for the library Share presentations with Slideshare.net

Create trading cards from Flickr photographs

Create fun/interesting new posters

Set up a Facebook, Bebo, MySpace account for the library

Share presentations with Slideshare.net

BUT…

BUT…

Expect… “ It can’t be done” “ We don’t have the resources” “ Bandwidth problems” “ Security issues” “ Write a proposal” “ Not your job” “ Not enough time”

“ It can’t be done”

“ We don’t have the resources”

“ Bandwidth problems”

“ Security issues”

“ Write a proposal”

“ Not your job”

“ Not enough time”

AND…

AND…

Ignore it! Because Web 2 is changing: The way we use the web The way we use information The way we find information The way we do our jobs The way we interact with people The way that we look at everything

The way we use the web

The way we use information

The way we find information

The way we do our jobs

The way we interact with people

The way that we look at everything

FOREVER

FOREVER

Final thoughts: “ Librarians must be like Krishna! And descend into the world to combat ignorance!” S.R. Ranganathan “ The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.” Melvil Dewey

“ Librarians must be like Krishna! And descend into the world to combat ignorance!” S.R. Ranganathan

“ The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.” Melvil Dewey

Want more?

Other net resources Web 2 in school libraries Classroom 2.0 Podcasting for K12 librarians My del.icio.us education sites Taking the mystery out of Web 2.0

Web 2 in school libraries

Classroom 2.0

Podcasting for K12 librarians

My del.icio.us education sites

Taking the mystery out of Web 2.0

Acknowledgements Slide 5 http://www.nasa.gov Slide 7 http://www.bbc.co.uk Slide 9 http://thederringdos.com/ Slide 9 http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/spiders-web.jpg Slide 10 http://www.vorkt.com/ Slide 10 http://www.nps.gov/ Slide 11 http://www.tailoredtime.com/ Slide 11 http://www.letsgomobile.org/ Slide 13 http://www.ctp.co.uk/ Slide 13 http://www.hereticpress.com/ Slide 14 http://www.stdmfg.com/ Slide 14 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/ Slide 15 http://www.stainedglassoriginals.com Slide 15 http://img.thesun.co.uk/

Slide 5 http://www.nasa.gov

Slide 7 http://www.bbc.co.uk

Slide 9 http://thederringdos.com/

Slide 9 http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/spiders-web.jpg

Slide 10 http://www.vorkt.com/

Slide 10 http://www.nps.gov/

Slide 11 http://www.tailoredtime.com/

Slide 11 http://www.letsgomobile.org/

Slide 13 http://www.ctp.co.uk/

Slide 13 http://www.hereticpress.com/

Slide 14 http://www.stdmfg.com/

Slide 14 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/

Slide 15 http://www.stainedglassoriginals.com

Slide 15 http://img.thesun.co.uk/

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