Web 2.0 Tools Social Software
Todd W. Jorns
Senior Director for Educational Technology
Illinois Community College Board
Definition
“Web 2.0 is a set of economic, social, and
technology trends that collectively form the
basis for the next generation of the Internet
– a more mature, distinctive medium
characterized by user participation,
openness, and network effects."
O'Reilly Radar
Technologies
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Wikis
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Blogs
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Podcasts/Vodcasts
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Social Networking Sites
Wikis
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A wiki is computer software that allows users to
easily create, edit and link web pages – Social
Knowledge tool.
Wikis are often used to create collaborative
websites, power community websites, and are
increasingly being installed by businesses to
provide affordable and effective Intranets for
Knowledge Management.
Wikis
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Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki,
WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the
simplest online database that could possibly
work".
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One of the best-known wikis is Wikipedia.
Wikis Benefits
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Group organizing
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Writing & knowledge building
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Community development & building
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Public or private
Wikis - Free Sites
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pbworks - http://pbworks.com/
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wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com
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wikipedia – http://www.wikipedia.org
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wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com
Wikis – Software & Example
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Personal wikis that can be used on your
computer or a pen drive (as well as online)
 TiddlyWiki
- http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
 MonkeyGTD
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- http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com/
Wiki-based lesson example:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vi
ew.asp?id=979
Blog
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Blog is short for Web log.
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Publicly available web pages, with personal
views and links expressing the opinions and
observations of a particular person.
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Usually on a specific topic or theme (political,
personal, topical, health, travel, research, etc.)
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Updated regularly reflecting the personality of
the author.
Blog
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Can be online diaries/news forums that feature
links to news items and stories from across the
Internet's World Wide Web.
Most blogs are headed by an individual called a
blogger and many of these are people who
want to bring their own views online.
Other bloggers are journalists or industry
insiders who create forums for expressing their
opinions without editorial constraint.
Blog Benefits
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Post class materials and class supplements.
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Integrate all types of multimedia (webpages,
audio, video, photos, slideshows, etc.).
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Comment modes encourage interaction.
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Team blogs enable engagement.
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Create a class publication
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Student journaling & reflection
Blog – Free Sites
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Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
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Edublogs - http://www.edublogs.org/
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LiveJournal - http://www.livejournal.com/
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Podbean – http://www.podbean.com
Blog Resources
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More information:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06wt1/www/A_Cho/history.htm
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Create a blog in THREE Minutes!
http://blogger.com
Podcast
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(iPOD broadCAST) is an audio broadcast that
has been converted to an MP3 file or other
audio file format for playback in a digital music
player or computer.
The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod,"
the predominant portable, digital music player,
and although podcasts are mostly verbal, they
may contain music.
Video Podcasts - vodcasts
Podcast
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Using the RSS 2.0 syndication format, podcasts
are made available to subscribers just like news
feeds.
The client program that captures the audio
feeds and synchronizes them with the music
player is a "podcatcher," such as Curry's own
iPodder, available at www.indiepodder.org.
Podcasting Process
Create
Distribute
•Record episode
•Edit episode
•Publish episode to
webserver
•Reference episode in
feed
Access
•
Subscribe using
podcatcher
• Download episode
• Playback episode
Podcasting in Education
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Distribute course content
 Provide
overview of week
 Distribute lecture content
 Provide examples
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Add personalization to online classes
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Increase student involvement (i.e.,
presentations)
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Accommodates mobile learning
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Student presentations or reflection
Podcasting Benefits
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Low-cost, low-barrier tool for disseminating
content
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Designed for offline listening
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Content is delivered to students
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Frees learning from physical constraints
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Reaches out to auditory learners
Podcast Tutorials
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Podcasting 101 Tutorial.pdf http://www.ilcco.net/ILCCO/index.cfm?page=Resources
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ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 1) http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2
007_03/index.asp
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ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 2) http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2
007_05/index.asp
Podcast Tutorials
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How to Podcast –
http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/
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Quick & Dirty Podcasting Primer http://www.stager.org/podcasting/guide.html
Podcast – Free Software
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Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
 Easy
to use
 Multi-track
audio
 Multi-platform
(Mac & PC)
Social Networking Sites
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A Web site that provides a virtual community for
people interested in a particular subject or just
to "hang out" together.
Members communicate by voice, chat, instant
message, videoconference and blogs, and the
service typically provides a way for members to
contact friends of other members.
The "social networking site" is the 21st century
term for "virtual community.”
MySpace
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MySpace is a social networking website
offering an interactive, user-submitted network
of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups,
photos, music and videos internationally.
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Currently the world's sixth most popular
English-language website.
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Third most popular website in the United States,
(it has topped the chart on various weeks).
Social Networking Examples
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Friendster (www.friendster.com) was the first
social networking site, which was introduced in
2002
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MySpace (www.myspace.com) came out in
2003.
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Facebook (www.facebook.com) came out in
2004 initially targeting college students, but
later welcoming everyone.
Social Networking Examples
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TagWorld (www.tagworld.com) introduced tools
for creating more personalized Web pages.
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Tagged (www.tagged.com) introduced the
concept of building tag teams for teens with like
interests.
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MyPlace: http://classportals.org/myplace/
Online Resources
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Jeff Newell's Web 2.0 TiddlyWiki:
https://edocs.uis.edu/jnewe2/www/TiddlyWiki_Je
ff.html.
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TiddlyWiki for the rest of us:
http://giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html
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The World of Blogs:
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06wt1/www/A_Cho/examples.htm
Questions
Todd.Jorns@illinois.gov
(217) 785-0144
www.flip4u.org