What is What is WEB 2.0?WEB 2.0?

Web 2.0 toolsWeb 2.0 tools

Social networkingSocial networking• WikisWikis• BlogsBlogs• Nings Nings • TwitterTwitter• Drop.ioDrop.io• SkypeSkype

PathfindersPathfinders BookmarksBookmarks

• deliciousdelicious Digital Digital StorytellingStorytelling

Social NetworkingSocial Networking

Online social networks are Online social networks are communities of people who share communities of people who share interests and activities or who interests and activities or who are interested the same are interested the same activities. Most services are activities. Most services are primarily web-based and provide primarily web-based and provide a collection of various ways for a collection of various ways for users to interact.users to interact.

WikiWiki Wiki’s are collaborative writing Wiki’s are collaborative writing tools. The schedule for today was tools. The schedule for today was published on a wiki.published on a wiki.

A wiki is a collection of web pages A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone (with designed to enable anyone (with permissions) who accesses it to permissions) who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites and to power community websites. The collaborative websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikisbest-known wikis. .

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BlogBlog A chronologically arranged online A chronologically arranged online journals. Blogs will display more journals. Blogs will display more personal feelings. point of view, personal feelings. point of view, observations, and commentaries. A medium observations, and commentaries. A medium for personal publishing.for personal publishing.

A blog is a website, maintained by one or A blog is a website, maintained by one or several peopleseveral people,, with regular entries of with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaningused as a verb, meaning to maintain or add to maintain or add content to a blog.content to a blog.

NingNing Ning is an online platform for Ning is an online platform for people to create their own people to create their own social networks, launched in social networks, launched in October 2005. October 2005. Christopher Bell Ning

Nings that might be of Nings that might be of interest to youinterest to you

http://www.ning.com/http://www.ning.com/ To start your To start your own ning. own ning.

http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/ http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/ • Joyce Valenza developed a ning that I Joyce Valenza developed a ning that I would compare to a professional would compare to a professional learning community. learning community.

• Nancy White from Colorado Springs Nancy White from Colorado Springs started a page for Colorado started a page for Colorado Librarians on the above ning.Librarians on the above ning.

TwitterTwitter TwitterTwitter is a free is a free social networkingsocial networking tool that tool that allows its users to send and allows its users to send and read other users' updates read other users' updates (sometimes known as tweets), (sometimes known as tweets), which are text-based posts of which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. up to 140 characters in length.

Drop.ioDrop.io Drop.io is a simple way to share large filesDrop.io is a simple way to share large files Can be used for students to submit work or to distribute Can be used for students to submit work or to distribute

group work.group work. Personal UsePersonal Use

Drop.io

SkypeSkype Video/Audio Conferencing for free!Video/Audio Conferencing for free! International Connections - Worldwide ConnectionsInternational Connections - Worldwide Connections In Building CollaborationIn Building Collaboration

Skype

PathfindersPathfinders Pathfinders have been used by Pathfinders have been used by libraries and librarians since the libraries and librarians since the 1970's to guide patrons to the 1970's to guide patrons to the resources needed to answer their resources needed to answer their research questions. With the advent research questions. With the advent of the Internet and other electronic of the Internet and other electronic resources, pathfinders are no longer resources, pathfinders are no longer limited to print directories. limited to print directories. Instead, web-based pathfinders can Instead, web-based pathfinders can be created to help patrons access be created to help patrons access information from a variety of information from a variety of sources within and beyond the sources within and beyond the library.library.

Pathfiners to look atPathfiners to look at

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guidehttp://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/index.htmls/index.html

http://www.sdst.org/shs/http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pathmenu.htmllibrary/pathmenu.html

http://www.shelfari.comhttp://www.shelfari.com

BookmarksBookmarks

Check out what I am looking at Check out what I am looking at

http://delicious.com/MMilius http://delicious.com/MMilius

Look at the websites that I Look at the websites that I have marked as librarylessonshave marked as librarylessons. .

Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling

A story that is developed using A story that is developed using new digital tools. Usually new digital tools. Usually these take the form of short these take the form of short stories – and under eight stories – and under eight minutes in length.minutes in length.

Some sites to visitSome sites to visit• http://myths.e2bn.org/create/http://myths.e2bn.org/create/• http://goanimate.com/users/http://goanimate.com/users/signup.php?returnto=%2Fgo%2Fstudiosignup.php?returnto=%2Fgo%2Fstudio

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