This document discusses the key concepts of Web 2.0 and how various technologies can be used for educational purposes. Web 2.0 aims to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users through things like wikis, blogs, social networks, RSS feeds, and other tools. These technologies encourage group work, allow for anytime access to information, and support different learning styles like parallel processing. The document outlines many specific Web 2.0 tools and how educators can leverage them, such as using wikis for group projects, blogs for class discussions, and social bookmarking to collaboratively organize research.

1. Web 2.0 Technologies Gethin Nichols [email_address]

2. What is Web 2.0 ? A perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users ” “

3. Change is in the air The Purpose of the Web Who “owns” the Web? Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives

4. Digital Immigrant Small Number of Information Sources Uniform processing

6. Digital Native Very large number of information sources Parallel processing New type of brain?

8. Importance for Education The next generation of learners are predominantly “Digital Natives” with different expectations: Web-based learning Parallel Processing, multi-tasking Group and peer collaboration Anytime, anywhere access

9. Web 2.0 Technologies Open Source building blocks XML Javascript Ajax Web-based API’s (application programming interface) Characteristics of Web 2.0 sites User controlled Collaborative on a wide scale

11. RSS Feeds RSS Feeds are a way of automating the flow of information from a chosen array of sources

12. “Info Grazing” +

13. RSS Feeds Use of Aggregators How Students can utilise RSS Keeps research current Facilitates continued learning Focuses web-use

14. Blogging Blogs are an incredibly simple way for people to publish their thoughts to the Web Traditionally using words, but more avenues now open for Bloggers

15. Different Kinds of Blog Vlog Vodcast Moblog Tumblelog Linklog And so on and on and on…. A Video Blog A Video Podcast A Blog done from a mobile phone A Blog containing mixed media A Blog containing links

16. Educational Blogging Educator Blogger School News Policy Discussion Teaching Philosophies Class Activities & Lesson Plans Technical Support How-to’s and FAQ’s

17. Educational Blogging Student Blogger Share school experiences Extend discussion with teachers Less restricted expression Foreign language blogging Linkbacks and inter-school collaboration

18. The Art of Blogging How to Blog Blogging sites Blog search engines Blog Directories Beware the Public Domain

19. Social Network Services Web-based service that provides a number of ways for online communities to interact Allows free flowing information to trusted network of “friends”

20. Harnessing Social Networks for the Benefit of Education Adding teacher involvement Class Structure Utilising “student” technologies Hub for API’s with educational bias Hub for other Web 2.0 applications Beware the public domain (again)

21. Wikis Wassawiki? A wiki is a free on-line writing space that allows users to add, modify and update its pages Permissions allow selected users to edit the wiki, and then publish the “new” version

22. Wikis in the Classroom Joint editing of “one” document Easy remote group collaboration Multiple pages for multiple thoughts Teacher involvement Virtual Handouts Part of the collaboration process Open access via the Web

23. Tools for Web Research Social Bookmarking and Tagging An online system that allows you to store, organise, share and search bookmarked web pages Folksonomies take this to the next level by encouraging collaborative tagging, generating useful searchable meta-data

24. More Tools for Web Research Marking Up Websites Annotate, highlight and bookmark online text Polling and Voting Booths Opinion gathering from a selected group or wider community Mindmapping Collaborative creation of processes as well as linked data

25. Tools for Sharing Image sharing sites Worldwide contributors Online gallery of work Easily searched folksonomic tagging Educational possibilities of geotagging Visually instructive annotation Learning “Hot Spots”

26. Tools for Sharing Video sharing sites Educational categories can bring focus Very easy to post and share Collaborative editing creates “video wiki” Multiple editions track differences Tagged folksonomy

27. More Tools for Sharing Note Taking and Sharing Save and organise notes online Manage a class timetable Time-managed work schedules Collaborative, open access Revision aids (“Note tree”)

28. More Tools for Sharing File Sharing and Online storage Sites designed for the storage of larger file-sets, but now have greater Web 2.0 focus Multiple folders which include RSS feeds Storage and editing on web server Store RSS feeds, podcasts and so on Instant sharing with e-mail notifications

29. Podcasting Ease and Convenience Creating Podcasts with Audacity Availability of Podcasts

30. Online Office Applications A raft of online alternatives to office applications are now freely available Suitability For Education? Functionality More Web 2.0ised

31. Extra Tools to Enhance Web 2.0 Skype Helping schools to communicate Cost effective international links Camtasia Create demonstration and “how-to” videos Voice over and webcam options

32. Summary Web 2.0 has put users at the forefront of a new approach to the internet Public domain presents new threats which need a degree of management Innovative technologies offer excellent ways to enhance studies Web 2.0isation……

33. Further Resources Catalogue of websites to visit on my wiki: http://catalogueofweb2point0.pbwiki.com/ Extended notes on the CD, but also at my blog: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/GethNichols

34. What Next? Sign up and see which sites you like – it takes seconds to register Let me know what you think: edit my wiki, pingback my blog