Technology for Old People

1
Technology for Old People

• New Ways of Communicating with Students

OrACRAO 2007 Seaside
2
Shift In Philosophy

• Web as a platform.
• Harnessing collective intelligence.
• Evolutionary development.
• Dont want lots of info.want appropriate chunks.

3
Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

• Chat Rooms
• Instant Message (IM)
• Social Networks MySpace, Facebook
• Podcasts
• Text Messaging Texting
• Blogs
• Tagging Flickr, CiteULike, YouTube
• Wikis Wikipedia
• RSS Real Simple Syndication
• Mashups

4
The Web 2.0 Shift

• Publishing ---
• Directories ---
• Personal Websites --
• Ofoto ---
• Britannica Online --

• Participating
• Tagging
• Blogging
• Flickr
• Wikipedia

5
Chat Rooms

• Blackboard.
• Traditional Technology.
• How quickly tradition is created.

6
Instant Messaging

• Yahoo Instant Messenger.
• AIM.
• MSN Messenger.
• ICQ, Trillian, Skype, etc.

7
Social Networks

• MySpace.
• Face Book.

8
Podcasts

• iPod and Broadcasting PodCast.
• Or, Play on Demand POD.
• Timeshift content Audio TiVo.
• The PodFather.
• Houghton Example

9
Text Messaging

• Texting.
• Small network footprint.
• Ubiquitous alert system.
• Many potential uses.
• Twitter
• Dodgeball

10
Blogs

• Web Logs
• Blog Host Sites
• Add tagging abilities.
• Oregon State University tag cloud
• Ball State example.

11
Tagging

• Giving users control over how they want to
  organize and approach information.
  
• Control levels for taggers.
• Online Database, php, etc.
• User Control.
• Users Invested, or Incentives.

• Flickr
• Cite U Like
• YouTube
• Delicious

12
Wikis

• Wikipedia

13
Mashups

• Two or more web technologies mashed together.
• iPhoto Craigs List List Pics

• Airport Parking
• Big Hole
• Zillow
• Find Near By
• California Traffic

14
Questions???
15
Contact Information

• Jim Bouse
• e-Mail jbouse_at_uoregon.edu
• Presentation Download
• http//www.uoregon.edu/jbouse/
• Thanks and Credits to
• Leslie Rutberg, UO
• Al Stavitsky, UO
• Mary Harrsch, UO
• Matt Groening