Web 2.0 for Education
by
Todd McKee, MEd
Arkansas Geriatric Education Center
todd@uams.edu

What is it?
Good luck!
O’Reilly’s “What is Web 2.0?” (Link)
Web as a platform
Collective intelligence
Data wants to be free
Perpetual “Beta”

Web 1.0 Web 2.0
Ofoto Flickr
Akamai BitTorrent
mp3.com Napster
Britannica Online Wikipedia
personal websites blogging
publishing participation
cms wikis
directories (taxonomy) tagging (\"folksonomy\")
stickiness syndication
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

What is it?
Good luck!
O’Reilly’s “What is Web 2.0?” (Link)
“The Read/Write Web”
“The Web as Platform”
Social Software or Social Networking

Technology
RSS/Syndication
AJAX - Asynchronous Javascript and XML
Mash-ups / APIs (Flickr Maps)

Technology
RSS/Syndication
AJAX - Asynchronous Javascript and XML
Mash-ups / APIs (Flickr Maps)
Microformats

Web 2.0 RoadMap - http://www.nri.co.jp/english/news/2006/061110.html

Social Technology
Social Networking
Facebook/MySpace
Tagging
Flickr
Del.icio.us

Examples
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Web as a platform

Blogs
Short for Web log
Web page that serves as a publicly accessible
personal journal
Usually in reverse chronological order

Components of a Blog
Title of the post
Body area for the main content
Comment area
Category (Tags) to help with grouping posts
Permanent link a.k.a. permalink
Post or publishing date

Blog Resources
WordPress: <http://wordpress.org>
Blogger: <http://www.blogger.com>
LiveJournal: <http://www.livejournal.com>
Typepad: <http://www.typepad.com>
Moveable Type: <http://www.sixapart.com/
movabletype>
Edublogs.org: <http://www.edublogs.org>

Wikis
A Web page that can be viewed and modified by
anybody with a Web browser and access to the
Internet
Possible to Restrict Access
Wiki Demo

Wiki Resources
WikiSpaces: <http://www.wikispaces.org>
MediaWiki: <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/
Main_Page>
PHPWiki: <http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net>
UseModWiki: <http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/
wiki.pl>
Twiki: <http://twiki.org>

Podcasts
Does NOT require an iPod - Listen on anything*
Distribution of audio files (MP3) through RSS
Allows end-user to subscribe
Automatic downloads of new content
Time-shifted content

Podcast Resources
iTunes <http://www.itunes.com>
Odeo <http://www.odeo.com>
Podcasting101 <http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com>
Podcast.net <http://www.podcast.net>
Podcast Alley <http://www.podcastalley.com>

Web as a Platform
Networked devices
Distributed data storage
Relies on the browser
Standards
Anytime, anywhere

Web Platform Resources
Flickr <http://www.flickr.com>
Del.icio.us <http://del.icio.us>
Gmail <http://www.gmail.com>
Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com>
30boxes <http://www.30boxes.com>
YouTube <http://www.youtube.com>

Web Platform Resources
Office replacements
Writely <http://www.writely.com>
ThinkFree Office <http://online.thinkfree.com>
Basecamp <http://www.basecamphq.com>
Zoho <http://www.zoho.com>

What is it?

Change in the User’s
“Digital Natives” vs. “Digital Immigrants”
“Native speakers” of the digital language
Computers, video games and the Internet
“Digital immigrant” still have an “accent”
Printing an email
Marc Prensky
http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp

Why should I care?
Teacher Resources
Professional Development
Share documents
Share ideas
Share resources

Professional Development

Sharing Documents

Sharing Ideas

Sharing Resources

Why should I care?
Student Tools
Storytelling
Student-created content
Podcasts
Blogs
e-Portfolios
Collective wisdom / Group Discussion

Digital Storytelling

Creating Content

Group Projects

References
del.icio.us/Teach_w_Tech/
tmckee.edublogs.org/

Thank you
Todd McKee, MEd
todd@uams.edu