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Web 2.0

Web 2.0. Presented by: Ray Pastore Penn State University. What is Web 2.0. Video - O’Reilly Involves interaction, life, and users Image borrowed from: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html. Web 2.0. Created by Robert Jordan. History of Web 2.0.

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Web 2.0

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  1. Web 2.0 Presented by: Ray Pastore Penn State University

  2. What is Web 2.0 • Video - O’Reilly • Involves interaction, life, and users • Image borrowed from: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

  3. Web 2.0 • Created by Robert Jordan

  4. History of Web 2.0 • Term first surfaced at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004 • Web 2.0 had been around before this but it was a new way to describe webpages • Similar to podcasts which had been around long before the term podcasts

  5. Web 2.0 in the classroom • Google Docs • Podcasts • Blogs/wikis • Opensource • Google Tools • Design/Community Collaboration • Second Life • Twitter

  6. Google Docs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA • "Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Google Docs combines the features of two services, Writely and Spreadsheets, which were merged into a single product on October 10, 2006. A third product for presentations, including technology designed by Tonic Systems, was released on September 17, 2007." - wikipedia

  7. Google Docs • Accessing: • http://docs.google.com • Create new files • Share files • View all current files • See who was the last to edit files

  8. Documents • Documents saved on Google Servers • Invite Collaborators • Save as .doc and .pdf • Insert images, tables, and comments • View changes • Print • Has most features of Microsoft Word

  9. Spreadsheets • Similar to Microsoft Excel • Save as .xls, .pdf. .html • Perform calculations and functions • Create charts • Create sheets

  10. Presentations • Save as .pdf and .ppt (new feature) • Publish to web • Upload .ppt files • Change background • Insert images and video

  11. Advantages/Disadvantages • Advantages • - Free • - Ubiquitous • - Clean, easy, user-friendly • - When new features are available, they are offered immediately, no more waiting for upgrades • - Supports revisions from multiple users • - Nothing to download/install • - Publishes .doc, .xls, .ppt • Disadvantages • - Google has your files • - Cannot handle large complex files • - Have to be online, with high speed internet, or else data can be lost - will be corrected with Google gears, an opensource extension

  12. Podcasts • Digital Audio File • Played on Mp3 player (ipod) • Great supplemental material • Portable file • Can be posted to webpages • Easy to create • Example • Example on the web

  13. Creating a Podcast • All you need is a microphone and computer • iPod and recording device • Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ • Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/ • Other web sites…. • I Tunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/

  14. Blogs • Blog - An online journal. • Can be used as a webpage • Can display text, images, sounds, videos • WordPress http://wordpress.org/ • Example: Best Blogs: http://bestblog.wordpress.com/ • Typepad http://www.typepad.com/ • Example: Featured Blogs: http://featured.typepad.com/ • Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start • Example: Anartica: http://jasonsolis.blogspot.com/

  15. Wiki • Information source that can be modified by multiple users • Example: Wikipedia: wikipedia.org • Pbwiki - http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki • Educational Wikis - Free • Twiki - http://twiki.org/ • Opensource - You install

  16. Opensource • Free Software • Generally created by a team • Product and Code are released • Users of the product can create modifications which are then shared and used by others • Software is loaded on your server or system

  17. Opensource examples • http://www.opensourcemac.org/ • http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ • Browsers - Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ • Music Editors/Podcasts - Audacity • LMS - Moodle - http://moodle.org/ • Blogs - WordPress • Forum - PhpBB - http://www.phpbb.com/ • Image Editing - GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/ • Office - OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/

  18. Google Tools - http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ • Calendar • Picasa • Youtube • Patent Search • Scholar • Earth

  19. Second Life • A virtual world • http://secondlife.com/ • Example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA http://youtube.com/watch?v=is8YX32GAyQ

  20. Community Collaboration/Design • Myspace • Facebook • Friendster • Specific ones? • Dolphin - http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/ • PHPizabi - http://www.phpizabi.net/ • Elgg - http://www.elgg.org/

  21. Twitter • http://twitter.com/ • Service that connects us • You answer: What am I doing? • Webpages, Blogs, Cell Phones

  22. The End • Presentation can be found at: • http://raypastore.com/web2/web2.html

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