Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Facilitator
David Brear:dbrear@shaw.ca
Blog: http://onlineworkshops.blogspot.com/
Web 2.0
• It is an amazing socialization of the Internet.
• It is a phrase used to describe a change in the way we use
the Internet.
• We are sharing, collaborating and exchanging ideas in
ways that were not dreamed of a few years ago.
Selected Video Introductions
to Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes (change in one area (such as
the way we communicate) can have a profound effect on everything else.)
• What is Web 2.0 (Andi Gutmans of Zend defines Web 2.0 and explains how it's
changing the face of the Internet.)
• Understanding Web 2.0 (this video is to help teach educators about Web
2.0 tools.)
• Did you Know ? (Innovation is cumulative and the rate of change accelerates.)
• Shedding Light on Web 2.0 ( Kathy Shrock presentation, Necc’07. )
• Resources for shedding light on Web 2.0 - This page will provide you with
links to sites to support the above talk.
Why use Web 2.0 in the
classroom ?
• There are advantages that benefit educators.
• Web 2.0 addresses some basic frustrations that plague
students and teachers.
• Frustrations with contrasting operating systems ( PC/Mac)
and expensive software are just a couple.
• In contrast, Web based applications run smoothly on
minimum system requirements.
• The backbone of the Internet is the common thread that
allows for easy access to Web-based solutions that are
accessible with a variety of browers such as Internet
Explorer, Safari and Firefox.”
• Source: April 2007 issue Classroom Connect, Volume 13,
No. 7.
Classroom Applications
• Zoho Virtual Office - Online office tool that has developed a wide variety of
integrated online collaboration tools.
• Google Docs and Spreadsheets - Google has grouped services that
include photo album, email and calendar. You can create and share projects online
and access them from anywhere.
• gOffice - provides an online office suite which allows customers to quickly create
documents via a web browser.
• Thinkfree - is the leader in next-generation office productivity solutions for
platform independent, anytime, anywhere-computing.
• Joomla - is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that
will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of
all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to
everybody.
• Creating ePortfolios with Web 2.0 Tools - Dr. Helen Barett, in 2006,
began exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools, and constructed portfolios using these
tools. One advantage of Web 2.0 tools is that many of them are free.
Organizers, To-Do's and
Note Taking
• We appear to be always busy and Web 2.0 offers us many
"organizers", "to-do's" and "note-taking" to help us with our
daily tasks.
• Gradefix - Simply add your homework tasks and Gradefix will
work them into your schedule.
• Backpack - is a simple web-based service that allows you to
make pages with to-do lists, notes, files, and images.