Presenter:%20Ken%20Baldauf

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Web 2.0 Technologies for Educators

• Presenter Ken Baldauf

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We are living in interesting times.
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May you live in interesting times.
Chinese Proverb and Curse
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Technology is changing society in fundamental
waysat exponentially increasing rates.
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What is
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• A participatory online environment in which
  anyone and everyone can contribute, share, and
  collaborate.
• Tools are provided that allow users to add value
  by contributing, information, media, and even
  software.
• Web as a computing platform, where applications,
  data, and communications are stored on servers
  and accessed through browsers.

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What is
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• Supported by new programming tools and
  development platforms.

Asynchronous Javascript and XML
AlsoAdobe Flash and Flex Microsoft
Silverlight Sun Java Web Services Technologies
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Manifestations
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• Web casting
• Wikis
• Online Social Nets
• Micro-blogging
• Social Bookmarking

• Consumer Reviews
• Media Sharing
• Rich Internet Apps
• Mashups
• Virtual Social Nets

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WEB BROADCASTING

• Blogs Online journals, called Web logs (blogs),
  gave voice to Web users.

http//www.blogger.com
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WEB BROADCASTING

• RSS (Real Simple Syndication) a Web
  broadcasting technology that allow users to
  subscribe to online content such as blogs, news,
  and podcasts.

• Aggregator Software used to subscribe to RSS
  feeds.

http//www.google.com/reader http//www.news.com/

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WEB BROADCASTING

• Podcasts, Vcasts audio and video over RSS
  typically delivered on a schedule.
• iTunes is an ideal aggregator

http//www.feedburner.com/fb/a/help/podcast_quick
start http//www.voices.com/podcasting.html
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WEB BROADCASTING

• Podcasts, Vcasts audio and video over RSS
  typically delivered on a schedule.
• iTunes is an ideal aggregator

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WIKIs

• Online collaborative encyclopedia general
  purpose or topic-specific.

• Adopted in some businesses as a knowledge
  management system.

http//en.wikipedia.org http//www.wikia.com
http//scratchpad.wikia.com
http//www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.p
hp?titleUsing_wiki_in_education
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SOCIAL NETWORKS

• Online communities for sharing information about
  yourself, meeting new people with similar
  interests, communicating with friends, and
  creating special interest groups.
• Provide development tools that allow users to
  expand functionality.

http//www.facebook.com http//developers.facebook
.com http//www.linkedin.com
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MICRO-BLOGGING

• Post short messages answering the question What
  are you doing now?
• Max 140 characters.
• Users following you will see your posts on Web
  or cell phone.

http//www.twitter.com
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SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

• Powerful server-stored Web page bookmarking tools
  that can be shared with your network of friends.
• Provides information to the public on whats hot
  on the Web.

http//del.icio.us
http//www.digg.com
http//www.adaptiveblue.com
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CONSUMER REVIEWS

• Allow Web users to publicly rant or rave about
  products and services.
• Implemented through dedicated sites and as a
  service from some e-tailers.

http//www.epinions.com/
http//www.amazon.com/
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MEDIA SHARING

• Sharing, viewing, and commenting on digital media
  (video, music, photos) online.

http//www.youtube.com
http//www.flickr.com
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RICH INTERNET APPS - RIA

• Productivity, media, and personal information
  software, even operating systems, that run in the
  Web browser, and store data on the Web server.

http//www.google.com http//www.zoho.com
http//www.eyeos.com
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MASHUPS

• A Web application that combines data from
  multiple sources into one.

http//code.google.com/gme/tour/tour1.html http//
gmapsmania.googlepages.com/100thingstodowithgoogle
mapsmashups http//pipes.yahoo.com
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VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETS

• Manipulate avatars in virtual reality
  environments, meet people, join groups,
  participate in the virtual/real economy.

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Classrooms
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in the classroom

• Web 2.0 technologies are a technology magnet for
  students.
• They provide technology teachers with
• Powerful collaboration tools
• New ways to teach and reach students
• New concepts and skills to teach
• Insight into the lifestyle of students

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in the classroom
LESSONS IN.

• Personal Information Management
• Google Calendar
• Gmail
• ToDaLists.com

• Internet Communication and Collaboration
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Facebook
• Twitter
• del.icio.us
• Second Life

• ProductivitySoftware
• Google Apps
• Zoho Apps
• EyeOS

• Programming
• Google MashUps
• Yahoo Tubes
• Facebook and MySpace Development Platforms

• Media Production
• Podcasts, Vlogs
• YouTube
• Flickr
• Second Life

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• Pushing Web 2.0 services out to cell phones and
  ultra mobile devices (UMDs) via text messaging,
  specially-designed apps, and mobile Web.

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The Semantic Web The Web as a universal medium
for data, information, and knowledge exchange.
Where information is easily located by people and
machines.
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Full-featured rich Internet applications
delivered online total cloud computing, the end
of desktop applications as we know them.
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Conclusion

• Web 2.0 and todays wireless technologies present
  a tipping point to fully online learning. As
  technology teachers we should adapt quickly to
  these new technologies or face the possibility of
  becoming outdated and irrelevant.

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Thank You!

• Ken Baldauf
• www.kenbaldauf.com
• www.teachtechnology.biz
• kbaldauf_at_fsu.edu