Web2 0 Symposium

Charles M. Huffman Ru Story Huffman Georgia Southwestern State University

“ a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online” http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0.html
“… especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Web_2.0

“ Web 2.0 does not refer to any specific change in the technology of the Internet, but rather the behavior of how people use the Internet” www.twinity.com /en/glossary

Information Revolution

Progressive
Do things that cannot be done any other way
Create new content (or borrow), collaborate, communicate
“Cool” factor
Reflects current generation’s media use

User Centric
Rich content
Customize
Control Scope
Group/Individual
Threat?
Mostly Free, So Cost Effective

Web 2.0 Tools Following is a list of no-cost Web 2.0 sites that are available for teachers to evaluate. Many of these tools are on the open Internet, so look at them carefully before using with your students!
Shedding Light on Web 2.0: Diigo List ..presentation support site with links to information and Web 2.0 tools. Links to over 100 tools for teachers and learners
Aggregator: Pageflakes ...a Web-based aggregator that allows you to create a page for you and a page for students, and includes "flakes" to add in, such as a calculator
Blog : Blogger ...one of the best online blog-creation sites; easy to use, privacy features now built-in, and it works well

Blog : Class Blogmeister ...a blog site set up specifically for educators and students with many privacy controls built-in Collaboration: EtherPad ...an easy-to-use, no password needed, synchronous shared notepad with all revisions stored Database: Zoho Creator ...an online database application that can be used for surveys, inventories, data collection, and much more Podcast : Gabcast ...easy-to-use podcast creation and hosting site; even use your cellphone to record the podcast Presentation: VoiceThread ...online presentation site that allows you to attach audio and video and users to leave audio and video comments

Social Networking: del.icio.us ...save your bookmarks online, share with viewers, and search, via tags, others' links Social Networking: Flickr ...a social networking site for photographs; a great source of material for students to access Social Networking: Ning.com ...a site which allows you to create your own social network; consider using a private social network with your students Synchronous Collaborative Environment: Adobe Connect Now …online conferencing system with file sharing, a whiteboard, audio, video, and much more Synchronous Collaborative Environment: WiZiQ ...a "virtual classroom application that is fully equipped with 2-way audio, text chat, whiteboard, PowerPoint and PDF document sharing capabilities"

Example
Dove Evolution

Time
Screening/Filtering
Skill
Instability of network
Level of involvement
Equipment
Sense of Loss of Control?

Technology out of context
Reliability of content
Distraction
Administrative Resistance
Good source of information
Just not necessarily knowledge
Threat

Etc., etc., etc. Zotero Blogs Social Bookmarks/ Tagging Wiki Flicker/Snapfish/ Slideshare YouTube Facebook MySpace Twitter RSS Google Docs/iGoogle/ Google Groups/Google Notebook/et al.

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Dr. Charles M. Huffman Associate Professor of Psychology [email_address]
Ru Story Huffman Assistant Professor Reference Librarian [email_address]

Web2 0 Symposium

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