CD200616: Internet Tools and their Applications for Teacher Librarians

About the Facilitators Dr. Daniel Churchill Room 116, Runme Shaw Building The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Email: [email_address] Web: http://www.learnactivity.com Tel: +852 28591141

About this Course Course content and guide: http://writer.zoho.com/public/zvezdan/ModuleGuide----Web-2-Tools1

Course content and guide:

http://writer.zoho.com/public/zvezdan/ModuleGuide----Web-2-Tools1

Web2.0 as a paradigm W2 signifies Internet advances stimulated by (1) rising expectations of users, (2) creative efforts of industry and talented individuals, and (3) development of software and hardware

W2 signifies Internet advances stimulated by (1) rising expectations of users, (2) creative efforts of industry and talented individuals, and (3) development of software and hardware

What is new in Web2.0? User control of information, subscribing and relationships, new forms of expression Web as a point of presence, internet-mediated social environments, collective activities and community plumbing Web as a platform (e.g., Microsoft and Google) Science of user engagement and rich user experiences Some speak of media revolution – “we the media” (Dan Gillmor), “voice of crowds”, increased democratization and new citizenship

User control of information, subscribing and relationships, new forms of expression

Web as a point of presence, internet-mediated social environments, collective activities and community plumbing

Web as a platform (e.g., Microsoft and Google)

Science of user engagement and rich user experiences

Some speak of media revolution – “we the media” (Dan Gillmor), “voice of crowds”, increased democratization and new citizenship

In this course… Blogs Digital Storytelling Sharing, Diggs, Recommendations, and Folksonomy Wikis and Social Software RSS Feeds Podcasting Web as aplatform applications API for Mashups Implications for Education

Blogs

Digital Storytelling

Sharing, Diggs, Recommendations, and Folksonomy

Wikis and Social Software

RSS Feeds

Podcasting

Web as aplatform applications

API for Mashups

Implications for Education

Blog, blogging, blogger, blogsphere Blog is web-based publication No technical skills to create your own blog Blog can contain text, media, links There are blogs, moblogs, vlogs, audilog Blogsphere is a community of bloggers

Blog is web-based publication

No technical skills to create your own blog

Blog can contain text, media, links

There are blogs, moblogs, vlogs, audilog

Blogsphere is a community of bloggers

Wiki Wiki is social software that allows collaborative development on an article of common interest to its authors

Wiki is social software that allows collaborative development on an article of common interest to its authors

Sharing, Diggs, Recommending, Folksonomy The Wisdom of Crowds : Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations by James Surowiecki

Internet-mediated Social Activities

MySpace MySpace.com, it is the fastest growing site on the Internet right now Over 80 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 18 and under 40 From more statistics check: 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 80 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 18 and under 40

From more statistics check:

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

RSS Feeds and Aggregators Really Simple Syndication is a form of syndication in which a section of a website is made available for other sites to use RSS Feeds -- provide an updated list of content from a site This originated with news and blog sites but is increasingly used to syndicate any information. Aggregator can subscribe to a feed, check for new content at user-determined intervals, and retrieve the content

Really Simple Syndication is a form of syndication in which a section of a website is made available for other sites to use

RSS Feeds -- provide an updated list of content from a site

This originated with news and blog sites but is increasingly used to syndicate any information.

Aggregator can subscribe to a feed, check for new content at user-determined intervals, and retrieve the content

RSS and Aggregators

Podcasting Method of distributing audio programs or video over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers Podcasts are distributed using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats.

Method of distributing audio programs or video over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers

Podcasts are distributed using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats.

API for Mashups Source: http://www.programmableweb.com/apis Most Popular Meshups: http://www.programmableweb.com/popular

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

Open source

Syndications, design for hackability and remixability

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

Mobile Web 2.0

Implications for Education A large number of our students will be coming to our classes with expectations of technology aligned with Web 2.0 Unless we give attention to Web 2.0 development, we will encounter students who have expectations that are incompatible with our own thinking and the ways we integrate technology It is also a danger that unless we accommodate Web 2.0 developments in our teaching, we might find ourselves producing students unable to function in the Web 2.0-literate world outside.

A large number of our students will be coming to our classes with expectations of technology aligned with Web 2.0

Unless we give attention to Web 2.0 development, we will encounter students who have expectations that are incompatible with our own thinking and the ways we integrate technology

It is also a danger that unless we accommodate Web 2.0 developments in our teaching, we might find ourselves producing students unable to function in the Web 2.0-literate world outside.

Implications for Education Re-conceptualizing technology integration New forms of Assessment Internet-mediated social environments and what does it mean to collaborate Resources Sharing and Community Plumbing of teachers and student New generations of LMS, no LMS or Modules – blog, wiki, P2P, content management, personal space for RSS Emerging content design models based on data remixing, interactive visualization,…

Re-conceptualizing technology integration

New forms of Assessment

Internet-mediated social environments and what does it mean to collaborate

Resources Sharing and Community Plumbing of teachers and student

New generations of LMS, no LMS or Modules – blog, wiki, P2P, content management, personal space for RSS

Emerging content design models based on data remixing, interactive visualization,…

Activities for Today Set up a community blog to be used as your digital portfolio (3 to 4 people). I recommend using http://www.blogger.com Write your first reflection on Web 2.0, tell us about your experience in using Web 2.0 tool Develop few PowerPoint slides to introduce yourself and other group members. Display the slides in your blog from http://www. slideshare .net

Set up a community blog to be used as your digital portfolio (3 to 4 people). I recommend using http://www.blogger.com

Write your first reflection on Web 2.0, tell us about your experience in using Web 2.0 tool

Develop few PowerPoint slides to introduce yourself and other group members. Display the slides in your blog from http://www. slideshare .net