WEB 2.0: WHERE ARE OUR STUDENTS CONNECTING?

Carmen Bucher and Rolando Garcia

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When did it become Web 2.0? After dot-com collapse Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty Users looking to be more involved in

Internet Google Yahoo!

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Web 2.0 Timeline

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

DoubleClick Google AdSense

Britannica Online Wikipedia

Personal Websites Blogging

mp3.com Napster, BitTorrent

Ofoto (Shutterfly) Flickr

Domain name speculation Search engine optimization

Screen scraping Web services

Content management systems Wikis

Directories (taxonomy) Tagging ("folksonomy")

Page views Cost per clickhttp://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

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Features of Web 2.0

Community building Sharing Not for profit for the user For profit for provider - advertising Communication Free to community

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Web 2.0 Applications

Blog - http://www.weblogger.com/ , http://www.livejournal.com/

Wikis - www.wetpaint.com Myspace - www.myspace.com Facebook – www.facebook.com Flickr – www.flickr.com Second Life – www.secondlife.com

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Web 2.0 Applications

Google Apps - http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

You Tube A Vision of Students Today Viral Video

Google Earth w/ Sketch Up and 3D Warehouse

Blogger www.blogger.com

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MDC Stats

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Degree Seeking AA or AS

Traditional students 18-20 – 31%

Non-traditional students 21-25 – 34% 26+ – 35%

Vocational Certificate

Traditional students 18-25 – 38%

Non-traditional students 26+ – 62%

Pedagogical Questions

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Can NetGen students learn using traditional teaching strategies?

How do these technologies fit in with your teaching style?

Would you use any of these technologies? How would you work them into your

teaching?

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

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http://deangelis.wetpaint.com/ http://mdc.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6858064615 Sketch Up Projects Tools for Educators http://

school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edtools.html Web 2.0 websites and webtools for College/University

teachinghttp://web20teach.blogspot.com/ http://www.classroom20.com/

Resources

Got Game by Beck and Wade www.seriousgames.org www.oercommons.org - social network

for faculty The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/

mgt08044.html http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/

ERM0342.pdf

Q & A