Web 2 Overview

Web 2.0 tools for Professional Associations

Web 2.0 – no agreed definition

“ Web 1.0 was all about connecting people. It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that is what the Web was supposed to be all along.”

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int082206.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tim_Berners-Lee.jpg

Web 2.0

“ Read/write web”

using

Tools that are EASY to use

with

common features – tagging, RSS and FREE

Result:

powerful participation online

for non-geeks

Benefits to professional associations

Is it…..

rapidly sharing information and constructing knowledge among the social network in richly retrievable and re-usable ways

Communication

Contribution

Collaboration

Community

Vast array of Web 2.0 tools

Directory of learning tools

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html

Go2Web20.net

Which tools for Professional Associations? Audio (VOIP) eg Skype Social bookmarking Image storage and management Content management systems Wikis Social networks/groups Blogs Multi-purpose tools Single purpose tools

Which tools for Professional Associations?

Examples from librarians

they started out blogging then they went Ninging

The Google family

advantages in single sign on

Gmail

Blogger

Picasa

Google groups

Google docs

More….

All communicate to each other

The EdNA family

EdNA groups

Discussion lists (not really Web 2.0)

Free, Australian, no ads!

Hints and tips

Identify a clear purpose and select tool(s)

Start small and work on a real project

Periodically reflect and debrief with someone experienced

Have fun!

Acknowlegements

Karen Bonnano presentation

Links to explanations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(metadata) http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/rss.htm