Web 2.0 - What Does It Mean for Educators?

KySTE 2008 - Web 2.0 and What it Means for Educators

Did you know?

When MySpace came out, there was no such thing as haveing a 'private' account.

Wikipedia isn't acceptable in schools because it is not filtered. Think about that one.

What other questions are there to ask about Web 2.0 apps?

What's the difference between Then (Web 1.0) and Now (Web 2.0)?

Here's an analogy from Dr. Stephen Smith:

• Web 1.0, in short, growing up with black and white TV. I was the channel changer who had to get off his butt and walk to the TV to change the channel. There were only 3 choices of channels, if the rabbit ears where even able to pick them up.
• Web 2.0, hi-def, surround sound, a picture so wide and clear that you can see it from space.

This was the idea of this KySTE 2008 session presented by Dr. Stephen Smith. He quotes Getting Real, by 37signals stating that "Web 2.0, the world where we start by assuming that everyone already uses the web, allows smart developers to put this human frailty to work for them. How? By allowing your users to tell you what they tink while there's still time to do something about it."

Web 2.0 - apps that exist on the Internet, usually requiring broadband connection, requires some processing (mostly on the other end, not yours)

Do you know what an API is?

API=Application Programming Interface

Google has a great API. This one, Google API Chart Code , lets you generate empressive charts. Another example Dr. Smith shared to explain 1.0 vs 2.0

• Web 1.0 = Kodak upload pics & Kodak prints 4U
  
• Web 2.0 = Flickr you upload, share with others, U&they print what you want.

OMG links Dr. Smith shared in his session included:

• Text2MindMap phenomenal webbing, brainstorming tool
• A.nnotate great writing tool
• xtimeline 2nd time I've seen this link at a professional conference in 7 days weeks (What does that tell you?) See the Famous Scientists Timeline
  
• Tikatok - imagine a story, create a story. An example Tikatok's "Fluffys awful morning"
• Ask500People (beta)
  
• Scriblink - Your Online Whiteboard
  
• twiigs
  
• gOffice - Web Office Suite - Web-based / very simple to use / create a file online / download it to your computer / is it that easy.
  
• Quizlet
  
• edu2.0 (free web-based LMS)
  
• http://www.Go2web20.net
• http://thedigitalclassroom.com/steve/conferences/kyste/web20list.htm - 30 or so sites that could be used as educational sites

Conference materials from this KySTE session

• http://thedigitalclassroom.com/steve/conferences/kyste/
• A blog that is a Focus of Education: Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0
• http://www.booksmart.com/eflp_nosoj.php?pid=63331&D=246855&C=1980834&domain=booksmart.com&V=10477&K=books+mart&K2=&K=books+mart