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Web 2.0 Applications for Educators

Web 2.0 Applications for Educators. John Thompson, Ph.D. Buffalo State College. Presentation Agenda. Highlight many Web 2.0 educational apps Free apps (mostly - at this point in time) Interactive presentation – during and after session – slideshare.net. What is “Web 2.0?”. Web 1.0

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Web 2.0 Applications for Educators

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  1. Web 2.0 Applications for Educators John Thompson, Ph.D. Buffalo State College

  2. Presentation Agenda • Highlight many Web 2.0 educational apps • Free apps (mostly - at this point in time) • Interactive presentation – during and after session – slideshare.net Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  3. What is “Web 2.0?” • Web 1.0 • read-only medium • static Web – provide information • Web 2.0 • read-write Web • relies on user participation • information is transmitted and consumed with content being created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along (Downes, 2005) Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  4. Web 2.0 in Education • Increases user creativity and community while concurrently empowering user ownership of content • User-generated content leading to "collective intelligence" that benefits many • Collaborative in nature and features user-generated content Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  5. Web 2.0 Videos • Tim O'Reilly on What is Web 2.0? • Web 2.0 • Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 • Introducing Web 2.0 • Coming of Age: Primary Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 Panel Discussion - What is Web 2.0? • Co-Creating with Web 2.0 • Web 2.0 and Education • Web 2.0 in Education • What is Web 2.0? • The Machine is Us/ing Us Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  6. collaboration/participation/collective intelligence safety in numbers personal connections--from words, pictures, video, and audio transparent selves…transparent Web harnessing collective intelligence second generation of services “democratizes” media authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication open, flexible collaboration collective power community participative Web Web as a platform Web changing from “medium” to “platform” collective judgments user actions provide value architecture of participation human-computer interaction interactive, community-based Internet applications the wisdom of crowds bookmarking >>> social bookmarking authentic, peer-to-peer channel of communication user-generated content amoral data and applications opened to creative use by the public creative amateur is cherished Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  7. Trying to define and categorize what “Web 2.0” means is like trying to change the tire on your car while it’s going down the highway. Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

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  9. Sharing Photos Educational Uses Scrapbooking Class reunions Portfolio School events Fundraising Embed in blogs, PowerPoints, class Web sites… Other uses? Library of Congress’ Flickr site Video – Online Photo Sharing in Plain English Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  10. Sharing Videos • Top 10 Video Sharing Sites from PC World • http://blip.tv/ • http://www.stage6.com/ • http://www.brightcove.com/ • http://www.revver.com/ • http://www.veoh.com/ • http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&tab=soapbox • http://www.youtube.com/ • http://www.vimeo.com/ • http://www.jumpcut.com/ • http://vids.myspace.com/ 48% of online adults have visited video Web sites, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project report. A year ago, it was 33% -- a 45% year-to-year growth. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/232/report_display.asp List of video sharing sites - http://www.hybridsem.com/blog/2007/07/01/list-of-video-sharing-sites-and-impact-of-video-marketing/ Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  11. Sharing PowerPoints Synch uploaded video with your PowerPoint “free Web-based alternative to PowerPoint. Create & edit Flash presentations online. Send presentations via e-mail or publish on your Web site or blog” And even more sites! Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  12. Sharing Documents 24/7 anytime, anywhere access to projects or assignments – extends school day Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  13. Social Networks Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

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  15. Source: http://www.grunwald.com/ Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  16. Online poll 1/20/08 http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=hall&debate_id=3 Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  17. Blogs Audio blogs/conversations blogging engine created specifically for classroom use Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  18. Education Blogs Top 100 Education Blogs 2006 Best Education Blogs 2007 Find a Teacher Blog Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  19. Podcasts “Record your podcast via a toll-free call from any phone. Never even touch a computer!” Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  20. Collaboration Wiki – online software that lets users modify any content, plus everything (formatting included) about the wiki Social bookmarking – store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of Web sites using metadata & tagging wiki.com domain name sold for $2.86 million (8/06) Web Collaboration Software Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  21. Source: USA Today Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  22. Education Online • Coursecast – podcast or videocast lecture (like a Tivo for courses) • Partial list of higher ed schools offering open source courseware and/or coursecasts: • Harvard • Carnegie Mellon • UC Berkeley • Duke • MIT • Notre Dame • Johns Hopkins Lecture-capture software for educational institutions - capture, edit, index, archive and stream video and audio over the Internet Free Online Education listing Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  23. Miscellaneous • Share graphics • Share bookmarks • Social browser • Calendar • Diagrams Explanatory video Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  24. Miscellaneous Video Long list • Office productivity suite • RSS aggregators • Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools ePortfolio Mash Up with GoogleApps Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  25. Miscellaneous “online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.” -- group audio blogging to enhance group communication and reflection “captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere” “Enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. Customize your Voki to look like you…Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone.” Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  26. Miscellaneous one-to-many live interactive video broadcast platform enabling anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to broadcast to a unlimited global audience create surveys and polls for your Web site, blog and social network profiles • Beyond just driving directions… • 100 Things to do Fleck.com allows you to add notes or bullets to Web sites. Share these annotated pages with others. Directory of web 2.0 apps & services - 1937 logos as of 1/19/08 Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  27. Web 2.0 Apps in Education • Web 2.0 in Education • Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0 • Best Web 2.0 Applications for Elementary School • Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007 • Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher • Kathy Schrock suggested links Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  28. “Top” Lists • The Most Useful Web Tools • Web 2.0 list • Free Tools for Teachers • Best Web 2.0 Apps For Education - 2007 • Directory of Learning Tools • ISTE’s Top 10 Blogs & Podcasts for Jan. 2008 • self-running slide show of over 1,400 of the best Web2.0 sites - categorized by tags and sorted alphabetically Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  29. Problems • Unaware • Inadequate instructions • Usual suspects • Filtering policies • Insufficient support • Time • Others? Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  30. Watchwords for 2008 • Convenience • Collaboration • Convergence • Source: T.H.E. Journal, 1/08 • Community • Creativity • Cloud Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  31. Coming Attractions • Starbucks Effect • Blurring of work & personal lives…& apps • 9 to 5 >>> 24/7 • Growing reliance on Internet – “cloud” Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  32. What Next? Baby steps…one new app at a time “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”          - James Baldwin   Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  33. Summary • Loads of Web 2.0 apps for education • Creates rich, engaging & exciting learning environment • Users become information producers, not simply consumers • Promotes student-centered learning • Educators become more efficient Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

  34. Presenter John Thompson, PhD Associate Professor Coordinator, Educational Computing Program Computer Information Systems Department Chase 208 Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 716.878.3531 thompsjt@buffalostate.edu NOTE: This PowerPoint presentation is found at http://www.slideshare.net/professor01/web-20-applications-for-educators Dr. John Thompson - FETC 2008

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