CD200616: Open Source, Social Networking, and Web-as-a-platform

In this lesson Social networking/spaces Open source and new models for software development Web as a platform

Social networking/spaces

Open source and new models for software development

Web as a platform

What is social networking Let’s start by watching this video from YouTube

Let’s start by watching this video from YouTube

Social Networking

MySpace MySpace.com, it is the fastest growing site on the Internet right now Over 180 million registered subscribers, and are registering 260,000 new users each day More page views than all of the MSN and Google sites combined MySpace.com is now processing 1.5 Billion page views per day 78% of site members are over 15 and under 40 From more statistics check: http://scottelkin.com/archive/2007/05/11/Myspace-Statistics.aspx http://www.trendcatching.com/2006/05/myspace_usage_s.html or http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/03/25/Handling-1.5-Billion-Page-Views-Per-Day-Using-ASP.NET-2.0.aspx

MySpace.com, it is the fastest growing site on the Internet right now

Over 180 million registered subscribers, and are registering 260,000 new users each day

More page views than all of the MSN and Google sites combined

MySpace.com is now processing 1.5 Billion page views per day

78% of site members are over 15 and under 40

From more statistics check:

http://scottelkin.com/archive/2007/05/11/Myspace-Statistics.aspx

http://www.trendcatching.com/2006/05/myspace_usage_s.html or

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/03/25/Handling-1.5-Billion-Page-Views-Per-Day-Using-ASP.NET-2.0.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/

http://eduspaces.net/

Similar Model for Open Source….

Open Source What is open source Syndications, design for hackability and remixability Systems that gets better when more people are using it (and improving it)

What is open source

Syndications, design for hackability and remixability

Systems that gets better when more people are using it (and improving it)

Web as a Platform

http://www.zoho.com

http://www.mindmeister.com/

Activities for Today Task 1: Each member of your group to setup account in http://writer.zoho.com/ . One member of your group to create a new document and permit others to edit it. Write about one to two pages review about one of the Web 2.0 site (check http://www.go2web20.net/ to select one W2 site). The document should contain some table, images etc. Once you finish your collaboration on this document, publish it and present it in your blog for others to read and comment. Task 2: Update your del.icio.us collection of web resources Task 3: Update your mindmesiter mind map

Task 1:

Each member of your group to setup account in http://writer.zoho.com/ . One member of your group to create a new document and permit others to edit it. Write about one to two pages review about one of the Web 2.0 site (check http://www.go2web20.net/ to select one W2 site). The document should contain some table, images etc. Once you finish your collaboration on this document, publish it and present it in your blog for others to read and comment.

Task 2:

Update your del.icio.us collection of web resources

Task 3:

Update your mindmesiter mind map

Suggested References Open Source article form Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Google Docs Blog at http://googledocs.blogspot.com/ Google Docs for Educators at http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html 7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46436 7 Things You Should Know About Facebook Part 1: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39394 Part 2: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39402

Open Source article form Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Google Docs Blog at http://googledocs.blogspot.com/

Google Docs for Educators at http://www.google.com/educators/p_docs.html

7 Things You Should Know About Google Apps

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46436

7 Things You Should Know About Facebook

Part 1:

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39394

Part 2:

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39402