1. Web 2.0 Tools - Social Software Todd W. Jorns Senior Director for Educational Technology Illinois Community College Board

2. 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

3. Technologies Wikis Blogs Podcasts/Vodcasts Social Networking Sites

4. Wikis 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.

5. Wikis Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work". One of the best-known wikis is Wikipedia.Wikipedia

6. Wikis Benefits Group organizing Writing & knowledge building Community development & building Public or private

7. Wikis - Free Sites pbworks - http://pbworks.com/http://pbworks.com/ wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wetpaint.com wikipedia – http://www.wikipedia.orghttp://www.wikipedia.org wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.comhttp://www.wikispaces.com

8. Wikis – Software & Example Personal wikis that can be used on your computer or a pen drive (as well as online)  TiddlyWiki - http://www.tiddlywiki.com/http://www.tiddlywiki.com/  MonkeyGTD - http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com/http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com/ Wiki-based lesson example: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vi ew.asp?id=979 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_vi ew.asp?id=979

9. Blog Blog is short for Web log. Publicly available web pages, with personal views and links expressing the opinions and observations of a particular person. Usually on a specific topic or theme (political, personal, topical, health, travel, research, etc.) Updated regularly reflecting the personality of the author.

10. Blog 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.

11. Blog Benefits Post class materials and class supplements. Integrate all types of multimedia (webpages, audio, video, photos, slideshows, etc.). Comment modes encourage interaction. Team blogs enable engagement. Create a class publication Student journaling & reflection

12. Blog – Free Sites Blogger - http://www.blogger.comhttp://www.blogger.com Edublogs - http://www.edublogs.org/http://www.edublogs.org/ LiveJournal - http://www.livejournal.com/http://www.livejournal.com/ Podbean – http://www.podbean.comhttp://www.podbean.com

13. Blog Resources More information: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06- wt1/www/A_Cho/history.htm http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06- wt1/www/A_Cho/history.htm Create a blog in THREE Minutes! http://blogger.com http://blogger.com

14. Podcast (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

15. Podcast 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.

16. Podcasting Process Access Subscribe using podcatcher Download episode Playback episode Create Record episode Edit episode Distribute Publish episode to webserver Reference episode in feed

17. Podcasting in Education Distribute course content  Provide overview of week  Distribute lecture content  Provide examples Add personalization to online classes Increase student involvement (i.e., presentations) Accommodates mobile learning Student presentations or reflection

18. Podcasting Benefits Low-cost, low-barrier tool for disseminating content Designed for offline listening Content is delivered to students Frees learning from physical constraints Reaches out to auditory learners

19. Podcast Tutorials Podcasting 101 Tutorial.pdf - http://www.ilcco.net/ILCCO/index.cfm?page=Resources http://www.ilcco.net/ILCCO/index.cfm?page=Resources ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 1) - http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2 007_03/index.asp http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2 007_03/index.asp ION's Pointers & Clickers (Pt. 2) - http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2 007_05/index.asp http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/2 007_05/index.asp

20. Podcast Tutorials How to Podcast – http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/ Quick & Dirty Podcasting Primer - http://www.stager.org/podcasting/guide.html http://www.stager.org/podcasting/guide.html

21. Podcast – Free Software Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/  Easy to use  Multi-track audio  Multi-platform (Mac & PC)

22. Social Networking Sites 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.”

23. MySpace MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally. Currently the world's sixth most popular English-language website. Third most popular website in the United States, (it has topped the chart on various weeks).

24. Social Networking Examples Friendster (www.friendster.com) was the first social networking site, which was introduced in 2002www.friendster.com MySpace (www.myspace.com) came out in 2003.www.myspace.com Facebook (www.facebook.com) came out in 2004 initially targeting college students, but later welcoming everyone.www.facebook.com

25. Social Networking Examples TagWorld (www.tagworld.com) introduced tools for creating more personalized Web pages.www.tagworld.com Tagged (www.tagged.com) introduced the concept of building tag teams for teens with like interests.www.tagged.com MyPlace: http://classportals.org/myplace/http://classportals.org/myplace/

26. Online Resources Jeff Newell's Web 2.0 TiddlyWiki: https://edocs.uis.edu/jnewe2/www/TiddlyWiki_Je ff.html. https://edocs.uis.edu/jnewe2/www/TiddlyWiki_Je ff.html. TiddlyWiki for the rest of us: http://giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html http://giffmex.org/twfortherestofus.html The World of Blogs: http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06- wt1/www/A_Cho/examples.htm http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/05-06- wt1/www/A_Cho/examples.htm

27. Questions Todd.Jorns@illinois.gov (217) 785-0144 www.flip4u.org