Web 2.0 for Learning
Transcript of Web 2.0 for Learning
e-Learning Workshops for Students
Web 2.0 for Learning
Mike [email protected] for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC)http://www.ied.edu.hk/lttc
Today’s Agenda
What is Web 2.0?
How to catch the opportunities of Web 2.0?
What are the impacts on education?
Sharing of Web 2.0 technologies (hands-on)
Q & A + Survey
What is Web 2.0?
Not a new Internet
Interactive information sharing
Interoperability
User-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web
24/7 ability to produce, communicate, collaborate, share, store, network and learn
Prosumer + Folksonomy
Prosumer Producer + Consumer
Professional Consumer
Folksonomy Using user-defined labels or tags to organize and
share information
Folk classification
1. Delicious (con’t)
Suppose you want to know more about e-portfolios, so how can you make use of Delicious?
How many bookmarks are related to e-portfolios?
How can you relate the searched bookmarks to higher education?
How many bookmarks did you get?
1. Delicious (con’t)
How can I save the bookmarks?
1. Delicious (con’t)
What are the differences between using Delicious and adding as My Favourite?
2. SlideShare
It is an online presentation sharing space
Go to http://www.slideshare.net/
Click on Signup
How can I upload a PowerPoint file?
How can I allow people download my presentation?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using online presentation tool?
3. Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
It benefits publishers by letting the subscribers to get the syndicated content automatically
Subscribers 無需一天刷新幾十次自己感興趣的Web site或blog,因爲它們更新的內容會通過RSS feeds源源不斷地輸送到你的feeds閱讀器中。
3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with iGoogle)
Go to http://www.google.com.hk/ig
You may select a theme
Click on See your page button
3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with iGoogle)
You may delete some unwanted gadgets
3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with iGoogle)
Click on Add Stuff (新增小工具)
3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with iGoogle)
Click on 新增資訊提供或小工具
Open a new Internet browser page
Go to http://www.mingpao.com/
Click on RSS button
Select your favourite category and copy the .xmllink
3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with iGoogle)
Go back the 新增資訊提供或小工具 box
Paste the copied URL: http://inews.mingpao.com/rss/INews/gb.xml
Click on 新增 button
4. Subscribe a blog (Using iGoogle)
Click on Add Stuff (新增小工具)
Click on 新增資訊提供或小工具
Enter http://educator.viviti.com
Click on 新增 button
5. Wikispaces
It facilitates collaborative writing and tracking history of editions
Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/
5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on Get Started button
5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Fill in the required fields
5. Wikispaces (con’t)
http://ictlearner.wikispaces.com/
5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on Edit button to start editing the home page
5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on Manage Wiki > Invite People to engage your friends in editing the page
More Webapps to try
http://creately.com/ (an online diagramming application)
http://photofunia.com/ (an online photo editing tool)
http://bubbl.us/ (for brainstorming)
http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp(for learning pronunciation of different languages)
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
http://www.vanderwal.net/folksonomy.html
http://www.eryi.org/SearchEngines/rss-feeds-power.html
http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html