Web 2.0The Read/Write Web

Sunraysia Mallee Schools Network

Darrel Branson - ICT Educator

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 = Read/Write web

Web browser based applications

(The Web as a Platform - web services)

Social Networking - connecting, sharing,

creating, collaborating, re-mixing content

Participatory media. Creating content:-

uploading photos, music, writing, blogging,

commenting, tagging ...

What are the new media and tools for a web 2.0 world?

Blogs - an easy to edit website created within a browser -think personal publishing system

Wiki - A website anyone can edit. Collaborative document creation

Podcast - An Internet radio show. Subscribe, listen and watch when you want

Social bookmarking - Manage your bookmarks online, tag content, network, discover

RSS - Really Simple Syndication - a way of tracking blogs, wikis, news sites etc. A ‘Feed Reader’ is used to track all of the content.

Social media - Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Twitter etc

Will Richardson:“The social connections that students are now making on the Web, the ability to share and contribute ideas and work, the new expectation of collaboration, the ability to truly extend the four walls of the classroom... these ideas are at the core of this new web. As educators, it’s imperative that we understand the implications of these capabilities for our classrooms.

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom.

Cornwin Press 2006

Why is it important .....

What does it look like?

Personal homepages and social networking

What does it look like?

Share your photos

What does it look like?

Personal blogs - blog your life?

What does it look like?

Upload your videos

Some research findings about students, media

and the Internet.

“Some 57% of online teens create content for the

internet ... These Content Creators report having done

one or more of the following activities: create a blog; create or work on a personal webpage; create or work on a webpage for school, a friend, or an organization; share original content such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos online; or remix content found online into a new creation.”

http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/PIP_Teens_1105.pdf

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/030905_kff_media_drew_presentation.pdf

Our students? What impact does new media have?

Multitasking

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/030905_kff_media_drew_presentation.pdf

The study, Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds, examined media use among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 3rd through 12th graders.

Nothing gets dropped, our students just add more ...

http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/Executive-Summary-Generation-M-Media-in-the-Lives-of-8-18-Year-olds.pdf

The sheer amount of time young people spend

using media—an average of nearly 6 1/2 hours

a day—makes it plain that the potential of media

to impact virtually every aspect of young

peopleʼs lives cannot be ignored.