Web 2.0 Applications
for Educators
John Thompson, Ph.D.
Buffalo State College
Presentation Agenda
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Highlight many Web 2.0 educational
apps
Free apps (mostly - at this point in
time)
Interactive presentation – during and
after session – slideshare.net
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What is “Web 2.0?”
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Web 1.0
• read-only medium
• static Web – provide information
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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)
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Web 2.0 in Education
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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
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Web 2.0 Videos
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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
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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
creative amateur is cherished
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to creative use by the public
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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.
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Sharing Photos
Educational Uses
Scrapbooking
Class reunions
Portfolio
School events
Fundraising
Embed in blogs, PowerPoints,
class Web sites…
Other uses?
Video – Online
Photo Sharing in
Plain English
Library of
Congress’
Flickr site
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Sharing Videos
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/rep
ort_display.asp
Top 10 Video Sharing Sites
from PC World
1. http://blip.tv/
2. http://www.stage6.com/
3. http://www.brightcove.com/
4. http://www.revver.com/
5. http://www.veoh.com/
6. http://video.msn.com/video.
aspx?mkt=enus&tab=soapbox
7. http://www.youtube.com/
List of video sharing sites -
8. http://www.vimeo.com/
http://www.hybridsem.com/blog/2007/07/01/lis
t-of-video-sharing-sites-and-impact-of-videomarketing/
9. http://www.jumpcut.com/
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10. http://vids.myspace.com/
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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”
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And even more sites!
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Sharing Documents
24/7 anytime, anywhere
access to projects or
assignments – extends
school day
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Social Networks
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Source: http://www.grunwald.com/
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Online poll 1/20/08
http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=hall&debate_id=3
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Blogs
Audio blogs/conversations
blogging engine created
specifically for classroom use
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Education Blogs
Best Education
Blogs 2007
Top 100 Education
Blogs 2006
Find a Teacher Blog
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Podcasts
“Record your podcast via
a toll-free call from any
phone. Never even touch
a computer!”
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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
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Source: USA Today
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Education Online
Lecture-capture software for
educational institutions capture, edit, index, archive
and stream video and audio
over the Internet
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
Free Online
Education listing
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• Johns Hopkins
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Miscellaneous
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Share graphics
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Share bookmarks
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Social browser
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Calendar
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Diagrams
Explanatory
video
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Miscellaneous
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Office productivity suite
Video
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RSS aggregators
Long list
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Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools
ePortfolio Mash Up with GoogleApps
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Miscellaneous
“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.”
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“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
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communication and reflection
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.
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Directory of web 2.0 apps
& services - 1937 logos as
of 1/19/08
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Web 2.0 Apps in Education
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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
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“Top” Lists
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The Most Useful Web Tools
Web 2.0 list
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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
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Problems
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Unaware
Inadequate instructions
Usual suspects
• Filtering policies
• Insufficient support
• Time
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Others?
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Watchwords for 2008
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Convenience
Collaboration
Convergence
• Source: T.H.E. Journal, 1/08
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Community
Creativity
Cloud
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Coming Attractions
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Starbucks Effect
Blurring of work & personal lives…&
apps
9 to 5 >>> 24/7
Growing reliance on Internet –
“cloud”
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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
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Summary
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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
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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
[email protected]
NOTE: This PowerPoint presentation is found at
http://www.slideshare.net/professor01/web-20-applicationsfor-educators
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