This document provides an overview of Web 2.0 technologies and their use in education based on a case study conducted from 2007-2009. It discusses how initial student comfort levels with blogging, wikis, and social networking slowly increased over the course of semesters. Student reflections indicated that while unfamiliar with technologies like wikis at first, they found value in learning about tools like RSS feeds and using technologies like Google Docs for collaborative work.

1. Web 2.0 Carrie Thornthwaite … into 3 levels of University Coursework

3. Internet Growth 1985-1994

4. Internet Growth 1995-2008

9. The way we were in 1900... … and now, my classroom today…

10. Is this still how my student see me?

18. Blogging is great, but beware….

19. Adult Studies Program ~ required beginning-of-semester survey ~ Fall ’07 – all but 1 no experience blogging; Fall ’08 – only 1

20. Adult Studies Program ~ required end-of-semester survey ~ Very comfortable at end of semester!

21. Graduate Students ~ required pre & post-semester surveys ~ With blogging, comfort levels continue to grow, both at the beginning & end of the semester. Web 1.0 Web 2.0

23. Teens – Social Networking

24. Graduate Students … few students were familiar with Web 2.0 tools such as RSS feeds or social bookmarking sites…. [Yet] students mentioned in the pre-assessment survey, learning about these types of tools was beneficial. (Rempel, Davidson, 2008)

26. Jimmy Wales Founded 1/01 more history Want to know about the knighting of Francis Drake ? Seigenthaler controversy Is Wikipedia the New Town Hall? "Wikipedia is surprisingly good proof that collaborative work by amateurs can provide balanced and reliable information, and even become a vigorous site of public debate and negotiation.” ~ Patricia Aufderheide, American University, Communications professor Current poll on Edutopia

29. Student Wikis

31. Wikis are great, but beware….

34. Problem! In Plain English videos

38. Pre-semester survey Keep in mind that this course is an elective, so all ten of these graduate students already have an expressed an interest in technology. Their responses reflect more experience than is typical for other graduate students in our programs. Note :

40. http://news.cnet. Social Networking Sites Continue to Attract Record Numbers [more than half of visitors are now age 35 or older] Social Networking Data courtesy of: 5/08 Started ‘03 Public ‘06

42. Social networking is great, but beware….

45. Social Bookmarking - Delicious Overview – Educators using Social Bookmarking

46. And what we’ve completed…

49. Upcoming Assignments

52. Interview of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google @ Seoul Digital Forum May 2007 Readings about Web 3.0?

53. http://www.personalizemedia.com/…

56. Club Penguin 4 million users Purchased by Disney… Kids 8-14

57. New technologies are always great, but beware….

58. In conclusion… Dr. Carrie Thornthwaite Lipscomb University One University Park Dr. Nashville, TN 37204 office: 615-966-5829 Further questions? [email_address]