The document discusses using mashups and web 2.0 technologies to teach information technology concepts. It describes several mashup tools like Microsoft Popfly, Yahoo Pipes, and Google Spreadsheets that allow combining online data sources visually without coding. Sample exercises are outlined, like creating a weather map mashup or combining Craigslist and restaurant data. The document argues that mashups can help students learn concepts like XML, web services, software design principles in an engaging hands-on way.

1. Mashups in the Information Technology Classroom

2. Agenda Teaching Mashups and Web 2.0 What are Mashups? Microsoft Popfly Yahoo Pipes ASP.NET / C# Web Services with Google Maps Google Spreadsheets Sprout Builder Teach Using Mashups ?

3. Web 2.0 at a Business University Web 2.0 is interdisciplinary Experience “Data is the next Intel inside” Tools are becoming more prevalent Knowledge Workers will work with Information Technologists and Software Developers Data comes from many different sources Understand concepts without mastering implementation details Web 2.0 opens the door to new business models

4. Teaching IT Concepts Through the Lens of Web 2.0 IT 101 IT 101 is a first year required Intro to IT Course “ Technology Intensive” sections Topics Computer maintenance Windows Operating System Spreadsheets Web Pages Internet / Networking Multimedia / Graphics / Video Current Events, Apps, and Trends.

5. Information Technology Through the Lens of Web 2.0 Web 2.0

6. Learn By Experience Technologies XML RSS Web Services API JavaScript Servers Distributed Applications Compile Application Development Software Design / Requirements Abstraction Data Logic Iteration Objects Algorithmic Thinking Methods Parameters

7. Teach IT Concepts Mash-Ups “ Data is the next Intel Inside” XML, RSS Web Services Service Oriented Architecture Software Development Computer Programming Application Development Input, Output, Processing Parameters Application Programming Interface (API) Tools focus on Data Flow, Not Syntax

8. What is a Mashup?

9. Mashups

10. Mashups

11. Read about Real World Mashups http://programmableweb.com http://mashable.com http://webmashup.com http://readwriteweb.com

12. What’s Mashable? Anything XML RSS Feeds Reuters.com , Trulia.com (real estate), flickr, twitter, delicious Google News search on a topic REST Wikipedia Yahoo GeoCoding Web Services Data (programming required) Xmethods.Net

13. MASHUPS WITH MICROSOFT POPFLY

14. Developed by Microsoft non-professional products division Visually build real-world applications without code Beta, Oct. 17, 2007 Share on web site, blog, or Facebook I was in the New York Times !

15. popflywiki.com : Teaching Popfly http://popfly.com http://popflywiki.com/teachingpopfly.ashx

16. Mash-ups in 6 Steps Drag and connect blocks in your mashup onto the design surface. Specify the methods and parameters for each block. Play to run your mashup. Customize to work on it some more. Save it when you’re done. Share your mash-up on your web page

17. Student Work Tim’s Web Site Matt’s Web Site

18. Popfly Exercise Weather Map Mashup from Lesson 3

19. MASHUPS WITH YAHOO PIPES

20. Yahoo Pipes Simplest is to output custom RSS Feeds Can output maps or images if you add code to a badge and the feed contains that data A good Tutorial combine many feeds into one, then sort, filter and translate it. geocode your favorite feeds and browse the items on an interactive map. power widgets/badges on your web site. grab the output of any Pipes as RSS, JSON, KML, and other formats.

23. Yahoo Pipes

25. Pipes Exercises Find apartments on Craigslist near restaurants on the main street in your town.

26. Exercises (Popfly or Pipes) Make your own “friendfeed” mashup that combines data from different online RSS feeds with data about you (twitter, flickr, google search, etc.) Add a filter based on user input.

27. MASHUPS WITH GOOGLE SPREADSHEETS

28. Data Mashups with Google Spreadsheets Google Sets (ctrl and drag) =GoogleFinance(“symbol”, “attribute”) =GoogleLookup(“entity”, “value”) =ImportFeed(“url”, paramters) =ImportXML(url, Xpath expression) =ImportHTML(“url”) =ImportData(“url”) http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-spreadsheets-lets-you-import.html

29. =GoogleLookup(entity, value) Countries and Territories (like "Burkina Faso"): population, capital, largest city, gdp U.S. States (like "Tennessee"): area, governor, nickname, flower Rivers (like "Amazon River"): origin, length Cities and Towns (like "Chicago"): state, mayor, elevation Musicians (like "John Lennon"): date of birth, place of birth, nationality Actors (like "Audrey Hepburn"): date of birth, place of birth, nationality Politicians (like "Anwar Al-Sadat"): date of birth, place of birth, nationality U.S. Presidents (like "Zachary Taylor"): date of birth, place of birth, political party Baseball Players (like "Wade Boggs"): games, at bats, earned run average, position Chemical Elements (like "Helium"): atomic number, discovered by, atomic weight Chemical Compounds (like "Isopropyl Alcohol"): chemical formula, melting point, boiling point, density Stars (like "Betelgeuse"): constellation, distance, mass, temperature Planets (like "Saturn"): number of moons, length of day, distance from sun, atmosphere Dinosaurs (like "Velociraptor"): height, weight, when it lived Ships (like "USS Chesapeake"): length, displacement, complement, commissioned Companies (like "Hewlett-Packard"): employees, ceo, ticker

31. Tech Companies Info Mashup =hyperlink( ImportFeed("http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=" & A2 & "&ie=UTF-8&output=rss", "items url", "false", 1) , ImportFeed("http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=" & A2 & "&ie=UTF-8&output=rss", "items title", "false", 1) )

35. OTHER MASHUP TOOLS

36. Other Mashup Tools Qrowd Functional programming visually with blocks Similar UI to Yahoo Pipes Sprout Builder Build widgets from RSS, Video, images Embed multimedia and RSS Cool widgets/gadgets for your web page with no HTML knowledge needed

37. MASHUPS WITH C#, WEB SERVICES, AND ASP.NET

38. Store Finder Project

39. http://it.bentley.edu/MEYFART_CHRI/final.aspx

40. Your Thoughts? What concepts can students better learn using mashups? Which tools or techniques are better suited for your classroom?