Getting Started
with
Web 2.0 Tools
Randy Thornton

The Culture of Comment

Three Must-Have Tools
A Social Bookmark Tagger
An RSS Aggregator
Firefox with Ad blocker

Audio-Visual
Activity Closed
Open Resource
Textual
The Three Arrows

Audio-Visual
Activity Closed
Open Web 1.0 Resource
Textual
The Three Arrows

Audio-Visual
Activity Closed
Web 2.0
Open Web 1.0 Resource
Textual
The Three Arrows

You need different strategies
for teaching and learning
in a world of
abundant over-information
than in a world of
scarce information.

Let’s Go Exploring

Be Self-Reliant
These tools are designed to be easy to use
Free yourself from tech support
Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Be Part of a Community
Ask your colleagues what they are doing
Ask your students what they are doing
Share with everyone what you are doing
Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Begin On the Beaten Track
Blogs for personal voice
Wikis for collaboration
Forum, Chat, Twitter, Ning for building community
Tagging for knowledge discovery and sharing
Audio and Video for multiple modes of expression

Digital \"Slash and Burn\"
Invest lightly and move on if it
fails
It will get better or become extinct
There are more tools out there

Have a Backup Plan
Can you get your data out in a standard
format ?
Can you get your data when the net is
down ?

And finally, some advice from an
Explorer