Web 2.0—What’s It All About?

Phx Friends of SIRLSThursday, September 24 2009

Jacque Doyle

What is Web 2.0 all about, and why should I care?

Mini Survey…• Survey Monkey• Blogs—create, use?• Wikis—ditto?• Photo sharing—Kodak Gallery, Fickr, Picasa, etc.• Video sharing—U-Tube, others…• Social Networking—Facebook, LinkedIn, LibraryThing, Delicious, etc.• File-sharing, e.g. Google Docs…• Browsers and search engines: Google, Bing, • Other??

Your thoughts, opinions?

Goals for this evening• Answer questions• Create ideas• Identify uses, personal and professional• Re-energize and nurture networking

relationships and talents• Share my experience and enthusiasm• Hear about yours!• What else???

A term that refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies.

http://searchenginewatch.com/define

Define it…

Six pillars of Web 2.0 are as follows: 1. Radical decentralization 2. Small pieces loosely joined 3. Perpetual beta 4. Remixable content 5. User as contributor 6. Rich user experience

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_2_10/ai_n16133338/

INSERT SCREEN SHOT OF 43 THINGS…SITE.

Mayo Clinic on TwitterMayo Clinic News BlogMayo Clinic Podcast Blog,Become a Mayo Clinic “fan” on Facebook.Subscribe to feeds from Mayo Clinic’s various blogs and podcastsUse CarePages

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beersurfing/83296002942?v=wall

Why Use it?? When to use it? When to not use it?

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5669.cfm

http://scienceroll.com/2007/06/08/10-tips-for-how-to-use-web-20-in-medicine/

http://phoenixfriends.wordpress.com/

Social Media

A category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook, social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, social news sites like Digg or Reddit, and other sites that are centered on user interaction.

http://delicious.com/tags/jdondoyle

http://picasaweb.google.com/home

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dongalsinireland/sets/

http://jacquesadventures.shutterfly.com/mla2009

Goals for this evening• Answer questions• Create ideas• Identify uses, personal and professional• Re-energize and nurture networking

relationships and talents• Share my experience and enthusiasm• Hear about yours!• What else???

The End…

QUESTIONS?