This document provides an overview of Web 2.0 tools for an emerging technologies course, including recommendations for using blogs, wikis, and Twitter. Students are asked to write blog posts about their experiences with technologies and Web 2.0 tools. A wiki and recommended readings on blogging and using new technologies are also listed. The document discusses personal learning networks and social bookmarking tools like Diigo. Links are provided about using Twitter for education and as a communication and search tool.

1. Certificate of Emerging Technologies Web 2.0 and Education

2. Blogging What are your goals for this course? wallwisher.com/VITTA2010 What is your experience with computers and the internet? Write a blog post about your first experiences with technologies like this. What are your skills and experience with Web 2.0 tools? Consider sharing the ways you may have used some tools previously. Are you just getting around to using them, or are you an avid user? Please provide any relevant links.

3. Blogging Wiki for this course: http://vittaemergingtechnologies.wikispaces.com/

4. Blogging Recommended Readings Mirtschin, A (2008) 20 reasons why students should blog , On an e-journey with generation Y, Australia http://murcha.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/20-reasons-why-students-should-blog/

5. Blogging Recommended Readings Beldarrain, Y (2006) Distance education: Integrating new technologies to foster student interaction and collaboration in Distance Education , 27:2 pp. 139-153 http://www.dastous.us/edtechadvocate/2.pdf Duffy, Peter and Bruns, Axel (2006) The Use of Blogs, Wikis and RSS in Education: A Conversation of Possibilities. In Proceedings Online Learning and Teaching Conference 2006, pages pp. 31-38, Brisbane http://eprints.qut.edu.au/5398/1/5398.pdf

6. PLN (Personal Learning Networks) Have there been difficulties and obstacles that have prevented you from using Web 2.0 (or from using specific tools) in your school? What is your Personal Learning Network like? Who is in it? What organisations, people and networks do you support and in return support you?

7. Social bookmarking diigo.com http://diigo.com/profile/vittalearning Cloud-based information management service that enables users to collect, highlight, access and share a variety of information, on a variety of devices.

8. Microblogging Twitter http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ http://edupln.ning.com/ http://twitter.com/jomcleay http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/2008/09/27/twitter-a-quick-communication-tool/

9. More on twitter http://murcha.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/twitter-share-n-tell/ http://murcha.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/twitter-a-great-search-engine/ http://mashable.com/what-is-twitter/ http://twitter.com/VITTALearning