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UAB Web 2.0 Information
Darcy DiNucci first coined the term Web 2.0 in the article "Fragmented Future" in a 1999 edition of Print magazine, in which she predicted that collaboration and interactivity would be the key to the web of the future. Websites at the end of the 20th century were still largely non-interactive and contained static web content, which DiNucci refered to as the "embryonic web". The term really took wing at the 2004 O'Reilly Media Conference, in which open-source advocate Tim O'Reilly promoted the idea. Web 2.0 refers to a broad range of web-based applications that emphasize collaboration and information-sharing. Many online communities, hosted web sites, social networking platforms, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups (web pages that dynamically draw data from a variety of different sources, such as databases) and folksonomies (knowledge bases generated from collaborative tagging or indexing) make up the current world of Web 2.0.
Though it is debatable whether Web 2.0 is the starting point of a truly different Internet, applications developed for social interaction clearly marks a strong move from non-interactive, static web sites, and from websites from which a single entity broadcasts static information, to websites for which information is dynamically, socially constructed and streamed.
For educators, Web 2.0 may provide a different, and in many ways improved, means of teaching and learning. Strongly held principles of student-centered, collaborative learning are part and parcel of Web 2.0's intent to create a democratic web, in which all have a voice and a part in knowlege building. This page contains information about and some examples of Web 2.0 technologies, as well as contact information for experienced users of these technologies.
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Facebook - is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
Facebook for Education
http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2008/08/19/facebook-in-education/
http://ignatiawebs.blogspot.com/2008/02/wiki-on-facebook-for-education.html
http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/03/facebook-education-app-gets-funding/
http://www.openeducation.net/2007/10/11/the-changing-facebook-of-education
UAB Facebook Experienced Users
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Facebook Applications
Facebook Applications - programs developed specifically for Facebook. These are programs used to add functionality to Facebook.
Facebook Applications for Education
http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education
http://www.facebook.com/apps/directory.php#/apps/directory.php?app_type=0&;category=200
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/05/14/sync
http://www.bestfacebookapplications.com/category/education-applications/
http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/facebook-as-learning-platform.html
UAB Facebook Apps Experienced Users
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Twitter - a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages (of up to 140 characters)
known as 'tweets'.
Twitter for Education
http://cooper-taylor.com/blog/2008/08/50-ideas-on-using-twitter-for-education/
http://web20teach.blogspot.com/2007/08/twitter-tweets-for-higher-education.html
http://twitter.com/Education
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/A-Professor-s-Tips-for-Using/3643
http://teachingtechnology.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_twitter_to_break_down_classroom_isolation
UAB Twitter Experienced Users
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MySpace
MySpace - a social networking service, similar to Facebook.
MySpace for Education
http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/04/myspaceforschool
http://www.myspace.com/iste_org
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/nov/05/link.students
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/06/how_not_to_use_myspace_in_the.html
UAB MySpace Experienced Users
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Flickr
Flickr - an online photo management and sharing application.
Flickr for Education
http://web20-instruction.wikispaces.com/Using+Flickr+for+Instruction
http://www.jakesonline.org/flickrinclassroom.pdf
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http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/04/03/using-the-online-photo-community-flickr-for-science-education/
http://www.teach42.com/2006/08/30/flickr-in-education-students-thoughts-on-the-subject/
UAB Flickr Experienced Users
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Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us - a social bookmarking service for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks. Users tag each bookmark with
tags with freely chosen index terms (sometimes called folksonomy)
Del.icio.us for Education
http://www.scribd.com/doc/212002/Using-delicious-In-Education
http://doteduguru.com/id92-social-survey-delicious.html
http://onlinesapiens.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/using-delicious-in-education/
http://www.slideshare.net/ggrosseck/using-delicious-in-education
http://information-age-education.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-before-using-delicious-a-social-bookmark/
UAB Del.icio.us Experienced Users
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Blogs
Blogs - a contraction of "weblog", are types of websites usually maintained by individuals with regular commentary entries and often
providing a way to create user feedback.
Blogs for Education
http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
http://www.techteachers.com/blogs.htm
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=36898&;CFID=22258058&CFTOKEN=74258017
http://tep.uoregon.edu/shared/blogswikispodcasts/BlogsInEducation.pdf
http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogs-in-education.html
http://www.adultlearn.com/blogs-education.html
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/blogs/index.html
http://education.nationaljournal.com
UAB Blog Experienced Users
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Wikis
Wikis - websites using wiki software, which enables the easy creation and maintenance of interlinked web pages, usually using a WYSIWYG
text editor
Wikis for Education
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/page/How+we+use+wikis+in+class
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1149453.1149479
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1104973.1104983
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1296951.1296958
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/wikiedu/
http://www.scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/index.php?title=Using_wiki_in_educatio
UAB Wiki Experienced Users
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Meebo
Meebo - a web platform used to fuse any number of Instant Messenger services so that users can combine their "buddy lists" and
communicate with "buddies" from one central location.
Meebo for Education
http://www.slideshare.net/BobBertsch/creating-web-page-chats-using-meebo-presentation
http://www.webbit.com/2009/01/instant-messaging-on-your-blog-using-meebo-and-adium/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2568837/
http://newsblaze.com/story/2005100522000400001.mwir/topstory.html
http://library20.ning.com/forum/topics/515108:Topic:21235?page=1&commentId=515108%3AComment%3A22115&x=1#515108Comment22115
UAB Meebo Experienced Users
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ITunes
iTunes - a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing music and video files.
iTunes for Education
http://213.232.94.135/ipodined/e107_files/downloads/usingitunesweb.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7655266.stm
http://www.faughnan.com/ibook.html#iPodCME
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Textbook-Company-Tries-Putting/2599
http://www.cnet.com.au/stanford-using-itunes-to-take-lectures-global-240058042.htm
UAB iTunes Experienced Users
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Podcasting
Podcasting - a series of digital media (audio or video) files that are released episodically and downloaded by users through web syndication. Note: iTunes is a great tool for subscribing to podcasts.
Podcasting for Education
http://volkerh.public.iastate.edu/projects/podcasting/01podcasts_in_education.html
http://www.academiccommons.org/commons/essay/blankenship-podcasting
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/technology/techspecial2/25podcast.html
There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education
http://hii.rsmjournals.com/cgi/reprint/60/1/7.pdf
UAB Podcasting Experienced Users
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Netvibes
NetVibes - a multi-lingual, AJAX-based personalized start page or personal web portal, similar to Pageflakes, My Yahoo!, Alot.com, iGoogle and Microsoft Live.
NetVibes for Education
http://edtechservices.com/blog/netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/wrwarrick/tab/Education#Education
http://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/Social/Netvibes+Lesson+Plan+for+Elementary+Education
http://community.elearners.com/blogs/kaplan_management_degree/archive/2007/05/17/Using-Netvibes-RSS-Syndication-For-Information.aspx
http://www.slideshare.net/sathlibraries/using-netvibes-to-create-a-current-awareness-service-in-healthcare
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-netvibes-in-business-intelligence.html
UAB NetVibes Experienced Users
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RSS Feeds
RSS Feeds - Really Simple Syndication is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated information from blog entries, news headlines, audio and video into a standard format.
RSS for Education
http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf
http://www.flairandsquare.com/wordpress/archives/3
http://www.feedforall.com/academia-and-rss.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/leonardstern/rss-in-education
http://www.teachinghacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/RSS%20Ideas%20for%20Educators111.pdf
UAB RSS Experienced Users
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YouTube
YouTube - a video-sharing website from which users can upload and share video files.
YouTube for Education
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck016.shtml
http://esl.about.com/od/listeninglessonplans/a/youtube.htm
http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-best-youtube-videos-for-teachers/
http://www.techforschools.com/handouts/youtubeineducation.pdf
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/subhajitbanerjee/9306845/YouTube_brings_education_to_the_masses/
UAB YouTube Experienced Users
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Video Production
Video Production - creation of video content, from filming to editing. Note: while this topic has some overlap with iTunes
and YouTube, video production is independent of either.
Video Production for Education
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/edtechcentral/digitalstorytelling/default.htm
http://enhancinged.wgbh.org/formats/video/classprod.html
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/video-how-to/
http://www.adobe.com/education/hed/resources/video/
UAB Video Experienced Users
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