Web+2.0

Some of the information on this page has been copied from: http://elearningnorthland.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+tools created by Nigel Crawford.

= = = Web 2.0 = refers to all applications on the internet that are interactive, user friendly, linked to other sites and potentially collaborative. Many of these applications are free or have free trials. Go to [|http://www.go2web20.net] for a listing of available web 2.0 tools

= Web sites with information about Web Tools =
 * [[image:ideas2inspire.gif width="124" height="53" link="http://www.ideastoinspire.co.uk/#3"]] || Interesting ways to use ICTs (such as hardware, software and online tools) in the classroom. ||
 * ===[|Free Technology for Teachers]=== || A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education. ||
 * ===[|Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration]=== || A free downloadable resource which explores a selection of free internet tools that can be used in most classroom settings regardless of content area. ||
 * ===[]=== || A wiki which explores a number of Web 2.0 tools which are used/ can be used in education. ||
 * ===Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools=== || A range of Web tools to use in your classroom - arranged in categories e.g. presentation, creativity, research ... ||
 * **Edutecher** || A non-profit web resource - with really great videos of how a teacher might use each tool as well ||

= Aggregation and Feed Readers =

Gathering information from multiple web sites, typically via RSS. Aggregation lets web sites remix the information from multiple web sites, for example by republishing all the news related to a particular keyword. Any website displaying the RSS symbol can be accesses via an aggregator or feed reader



=** Blog **= Originally short for "weblog", it is just a web page that contains entries in reverse chronological order, with the most recent entry on top. But blogging has taken off because the explosion in blogging software has turned blogging into one of the easiest ways for people to maintain a constantly updated web presence. In addition to the classic text blog, we now have photo blogs (consisting of uploaded photos), audio blogs (a.k.a. "podcasts") and video blogs (which consist of regularly uploaded video files). 

How do I make a blog?
media type="custom" key="4118425" = Collaborative Documents =

Online documents which can be edited by a number of people at the same time.

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= Image and Video Sharing =

Many web 2.0 applications allow for the sharing of images, video and sound files. Some are designed specifically for this.

media type="custom" key="4120895" || Upload and share your PowerPoint presentations and Word documents on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. || || Resources to watch and share videos. ||
 * [[image:animoto.gif link="http://animoto.com/"]] || Upload images and music to create a unique video piece. Fast and free to sign up. ||
 * [[image:elearningnorthland:bubbleshare.gif link="http://www.bubbleshare.com/"]] || Create and share slideshows. ||
 * [[image:elearningnorthland:flickr.gif link="http://www.flickr.com/"]] || Share your photos. ||
 * [[image:elearningnorthland:glogster.gif link="http://www.glogster.com/"]] || Create multi-media online posters. ||
 * [[image:jing.jpg width="246" height="71" link="http://www.jingproject.com/"]] || Jing is a free, downloadable application (Mac and Windows) that instantly captures and shares images and video. It allows you to snap a picture of anything on visible on your computer, record a video of what you are doing or what you see and then easily share those images and video with others. Jing is great for creating computer demonstrations or explanations. You can even add your own voiceover. ||
 * [[image:photostory.gif width="294" height="92" link="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx"]] || Create photo stories. ||
 * [[image:piclits.gif link="http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=hiewyligbu22nt2ismfjsg"]] || Add text to pictures. e.g. [] (A y13 student's response to a quote from //Much Ado About Nothing//.) ||
 * [[image:screencastlogo.gif link="http://www.screencast.com/"]] || A place to upload, manage and share videos, presentations, documents and images. ||
 * [[image:slideshare.gif link="http://www.slideshare.net/"]]
 * [[image:elearningnorthland:voicethread.gif link="http://voicethread.com/"]] || Upload images, documents and videos, then record accompanying audio. ||
 * [[image:elearningnorthland:youtube.gif link="http://www.youtube.com/"]][[image:elearningnorthland:teachertube.gif link="http://www.teachertube.com/"]]
 * [[image:zoho.gif link="http://show.zoho.com/login.do"]] || Create, Edit and Share Your Presentations Online. ||

= Micro-blogging =

The practice of sending brief posts (140 to 200 characters) to a personal blog on a microblogging Web site. Microposts can be made public on a Web site and/or distributed to a private group of subscribers, who can read the posts online, as an instant message or as a text message.

= = = = = Mind-mapping = capture ideas, organize information, diagram processes and create clear, concise written documents whether working individually or collaboratively. ||
 * [[image:nzenglish:mindmeister.png link="http://www.mindmeister.com/"]] || MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other's changes as they happen. ||
 * [[image:nzenglish:webspiration.gif link="http://www.mywebspiration.com/"]] || Webspiration™ is the new online visual thinking tool that helps you
 * [[image:nzenglish:thebrain.gif link="http://www.thebrain.com/"]] || **Free to download.** Simply type in your ideas. Drag and drop files and web pages. Any idea can be linked to anything else. Using your digital Brain is like cruising through a Web of your thinking. See new relationships. Discover connections. Go from the big picture of everything to a specific detail in seconds. [|**Accelerate your mind.**] ||

= Podcasting =

A radio-style audio program designed to be listened to either on the web or using an audio MP3 player like an iPod. Can be listened to live or as archived recordings. Available from services like Apple iTunes, AMP and BlogTalkRadio. Content can be almost anything, from music to news to dramatic performance.

= Social Bookmarking =

A user-defined taxonomy system for bookmarks. Such a taxonomy is sometimes called a folksonomy and the bookmarks are referred to as tags. Unlike storing bookmarks in a folder on your computer, tagged pages are stored on the Web and can be accessed from any computer. Web sites dedicated to social bookmarking,, provide users with a place to store, categorize, annotate and share favorite Web pages and files making them a great way to discover new sites or colleagues who share your interests.



= Social Networking =

Social networking sites help people discover new friends or colleagues by illuminating shared interests, related skills, or a common geographic location.



= Tags =

Keywords that describe the content of a web site, bookmark, photo or blog post. You can assign multiple tags to the same online resource, and different people can assign different tags to the same resource. Tag-enabled web services include social bookmarking sites (like del.icio.us), photo sharing sites (like Flickr) and blog tracking sites (like Technorati). Tags provide a useful way of organizing, retrieving and discovering information.

= Wiki =

A collaboratively edited web page. Wikis are frequently used to allow people to write a document together, or to share reference material that lets colleagues or even members of the public contribute content.

==What is a wiki? ==

A wiki is simply a web site to which anyone can contribute without any special technical knowledge or tools. All you need is a computer with an Internet connection. One famous example is Wiki-pedia, an online encyclopedia with no “authors” but millions of contributors and editors.

==**W A blog, or web log, shares writing and multimedia content in the form of “posts” (starting point entries) and “comments” (responses to the posts). While commenting, and even posting, are open to the members of the blog or the general public, no one is able to change a comment or post made by another. The usual format is post-comment-comment-comment, and so on. For this reason, blogs are often the vehicle of choice to express individual opinions. A wiki has a far more open structure and allows others to change what one person has written.
 * hat is the difference between a wiki and a blog?==

The Teachers First website describe wikis and blogs in more detail along with lots of ideas for how to use them in the classroom.

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How do I use a wiki?
The Teachers First website has lots of ideas but in my experience the most successful classroom based wikis are those that have the greatest level of student participation. The least successful are those that are created by teachers as a repository for worksheets.

How do I make a wiki?
(www.wikispaces.com) offer add free and private wikis to schools for no charge.

This link takes you to a step by step video guide showing how to set up a wikispace just like this one. [] Use the 'Choose a tour' drop down menu to learn more.

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The wikispaces help menu http://www.wikispaces.com/help index gives access to more detailed instructions.

Hints, tips and explanations
To create a new wiki for classroom use make sure that you go to www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers This will give you access to ad free wikis and private wikispaces without paying.

**Wiki Name**
The wiki name becomes part of your web address and so needs to have no spaces (use underscore if you need to) and capital letter will be changed to lowercase.

**Wiki Permissions**
A public wiki can be viewed and edited by anyone - although you can lock pages to prevent changes. The advantage is that nobody needs a wikispaces username or password, so parents and others can view your class wiki.

A protected wiki can be viewed by everyone but only members of this wiki can make changes. This is useful when you want to see who has made changes or added content - their username will be listed on the 'History' page. When all users have individual usernames you will find it much easier to hold online discussions on your wiki.

A private wiki can only be viewed by its members so they are ideal for activities where you would like students to post personal details and photographs of themselves.

**Wiki Type**
Make sure that you select K-12 from the drop down menu.

**Undoing changes**
Don't worry about having your wiki open for others to make changes. If you do not like what they have done you can simply reset your wiki to how it looked at a previous date or time. Click on the History page to do this.

**Creating accounts for your students**
Students can create their own accounts at www.wikispaces.com or you can simply create a whole class set and issue everyone with a username and password. Once you have created your wiki click on the Manage Space button (top left of your page) and choose [|User Creator] Hint: If your students create their own usernames and then request permission to join your wiki make sure you tell them to include their real name in the request message. That way you can record usernames against real names in your mark book

Take control of the menu
The navigation bar on the left hand side of your wikipages is set to automatically create an alphabetical list of any pages that your create. At some stage you will find this frustrating and wish that you could organise it yourself. Its easy. Simply click on the 'edit navigation' link at the bottom of the menu and delete the include page list widget - the box that looks like this Now you will need to manually create your menu and the links to your pages. Don't panic, its easy. Use the button to make a hyperlink. If you type the name of an existing page and click on the link button it will automatically find the page - just click OK to make the link. If you type a page name that does not exist it will create the page for you.

**Wikis on steroids!**
Lenva Shearing has made this wiki with lots of ways to improve your wiki. http://gettingtrickywithwikis.wikispaces.com/

= Wordle = is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.