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Understanding Web 2.0: Key Features and Tools for Collaboration and Expression

This overview introduces the concept of Web 2.0, which emphasizes user interaction and collaboration through various online platforms. Established at the O'Reilly Media conference in 2004, Web 2.0 encompasses tools like Google Docs, podcasts, blogs, and wikis that enhance the way we communicate and share information. The advantages, such as accessibility and real-time collaboration, contrast with disadvantages like reliance on internet connectivity. Explore this evolving digital landscape and its impact on education and community engagement.

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Understanding Web 2.0: Key Features and Tools for Collaboration and Expression

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  1. Web 2.0 Presented by: Ray Pastore Penn State University

  2. What is Web 2.0 • Video - O’Reilly • Involves interaction, life, and users • Image borrowed from: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

  3. Web 2.0 • Created by Robert Jordan

  4. History of Web 2.0 • Term first surfaced at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004 • Web 2.0 had been around before this but it was a new way to describe webpages • Similar to podcasts which had been around long before the term podcasts

  5. Web 2.0 in the classroom • Google Docs • Podcasts • Blogs/wikis • Opensource • Google Tools • Design/Community Collaboration • Second Life • Twitter

  6. Google Docs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA • "Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of two services, Writely and Spreadsheets, which were merged into a single product on October 10, 2006. A third product for presentations, including technology designed by Tonic Systems, was released on September 17, 2007." - wikipedia

  7. Google Docs • Accessing: • http://docs.google.com • Create new files • Share files • View all current files • See who was the last to edit files

  8. Documents • Documents saved on Google Servers • Invite Collaborators • Save as .doc and .pdf • Insert images, tables, and comments • View changes • Print • Has most features of Microsoft Word

  9. Spreadsheets • Similar to Microsoft Excel • Save as .xls, .pdf. .html • Perform calculations and functions • Create charts • Create sheets

  10. Presentations • Save as .pdf and .ppt (new feature) • Publish to web • Upload .ppt files • Change background • Insert images and video

  11. Advantages/Disadvantages • Advantages • - Free • - Ubiquitous • - Clean, easy, user-friendly • - When new features are available, they are offered immediately, no more waiting for upgrades • - Supports revisions from multiple users • - Nothing to download/install • - Publishes .doc, .xls, .ppt • Disadvantages • - Google has your files • - Cannot handle large complex files • - Have to be online, with high speed internet, or else data can be lost - will be corrected with Google gears, an opensource extension

  12. Podcasts • Digital Audio File • Played on Mp3 player (ipod) • Great supplemental material • Portable file • Can be posted to webpages • Easy to create • Example • Example on the web

  13. Creating a Podcast • All you need is a microphone and computer • iPod and recording device • Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ • Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/ • Other web sites…. • I Tunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/

  14. Blogs • Blog - An online journal. • Can be used as a webpage • Can display text, images, sounds, videos • WordPress http://wordpress.org/ • Example: Best Blogs: http://bestblog.wordpress.com/ • Typepad http://www.typepad.com/ • Example: Featured Blogs: http://featured.typepad.com/ • Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start • Example: Anartica: http://jasonsolis.blogspot.com/

  15. Wiki • Information source that can be modified by multiple users • Example: Wikipedia: wikipedia.org • Pbwiki - http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki • Educational Wikis - Free • Twiki - http://twiki.org/ • Opensource - You install

  16. Opensource • Free Software • Generally created by a team • Product and Code are released • Users of the product can create modifications which are then shared and used by others • Software is loaded on your server or system

  17. Opensource examples • http://www.opensourcemac.org/ • http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ • Browsers - Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ • Music Editors/Podcasts - Audacity • LMS - Moodle - http://moodle.org/ • Blogs - WordPress • Forum - PhpBB - http://www.phpbb.com/ • Image Editing - GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/ • Office - OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/

  18. Google Tools - http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ • Calendar • Picasa • Youtube • Patent Search • Scholar • Earth

  19. Second Life • A virtual world • http://secondlife.com/ • Example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA http://youtube.com/watch?v=is8YX32GAyQ

  20. Community Collaboration/Design • Myspace • Facebook • Friendster • Specific ones? • Dolphin - http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/ • PHPizabi - http://www.phpizabi.net/ • Elgg - http://www.elgg.org/

  21. Twitter • http://twitter.com/ • Service that connects us • You answer: What am I doing? • Webpages, Blogs, Cell Phones

  22. The End • Presentation can be found at: • http://raypastore.com/web2/web2.html

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