Web 2.0
An introduction to web 2.0 tools and their potential for
use in the classroom and beyond.
June 8, 2009

The Plan
• Look at some websites
• Getting information
• Creating information
• The next five sessions

Let’s look at some
websites....

We’ll consider
• WFU
• Amazon
• Yahoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10687935@N04/3123146766

WFU in 1998

Amazon in 1998

Yahoo in 1998

WFU in 2004

Amazon in 2004

Yahoo in 2004

WFU in 2009

Amazon in 2009

Yahoo in 2009

Getting Information

Evolution of
Finding
Information
• Hierarchy
• Search
• Push
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836528@N00/1856663523

Hierarchy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51135741@N00/186943415
Everything In Its Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64174165@N00/370775225
Everything In Its Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92237387@N00/76749236
Controlled Vocabulary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70278718@N00/4703228
Complex Systems

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26231875@N00/3213873373
Based in Physical World

Search

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/76761120
Multiple Locations

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31797858@N00/2124178869
Tagging, UGC

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11444813@N03/2721443285
One Pile, Less Organization

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40974217@N00/16114117
Hyperlinked Environment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30795657@N00/2209205063
Only About 10 Years Old

Push

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30352125@N00/216348017
Aggregation

Customized Information Delivery

UGC & Expert Metadata

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75815807@N00/66462706
RSS

Social Networking

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11304375@N07/2818891443
Widespread For About 3-4 Years

Creating Information

Technology http://www.flickr.com/photos/86891211@N00/72224228
Driven
Knowledge
Creation
• Communication
• Networks
• Transparent
• Open

Communication

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72922449@N00/424074399
Quickly Paced

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54603144@N00/1343193489
Multiple Channels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55851553@N00/2610457820
Blended Personal/Professional

Networks

Social Networks

Professional Networks

Professionally Oriented

Transparent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15734079@N00/479092117
Works In Progress

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94975828@N00/3009095726
“Powerful” Voices

Open

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25405741@N00/1443514113
Shared Content

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92436511@N00/247840346
Creative Commons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8458589@N08/1048131544
Remix Culture

The Next Five Sessions

• Social Networking
• Google Applications
• Blogs, wikis, and podcasts
• Using Web 2.0 content
• Using Web 2.0 content in the classroom

We Covered
• Looked at some websites
• Talked about getting
information
• Talked about creating
information
•Talked about the next five
sessions
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61787893@N00/275371357

Questions? Comments?