Geek Report; Web 2.0

Geek Report: Web 2.0 Jim Gaston, Associate Director, SOCCCD IT Overview • Web 1.0 – How it all started • Web 2.0 – How it is used today • What’s next? • What does it mean to us? Web Sites http://del.icio.us/jgaston/web2.0 http://digitaledu.blogspot.com The Internet • Started as the Arpanet in 1969 • Services – – – – – – – Email (1972) FTP (1973) Usenet (1979) Listserv (1981) Archie (1989) Gopher (1991) Veronica (1992) Web 1.0 • In 1989 he invented – HTTP – HTML • In 1990 he changed the world Timothy Berners-Lee What is Web 2.0? • It is not a new version of the web, but a new and exciting way the web is being used. • Web 2.0 provides a richer user experience using AJAX • Web 2.0 sites emphasize collaboration and a community of people produce the content • Web 2.0 is much more about the process than the technology Web 1.0 vs 2.0 Characteristic Delivery Mechanism User Experience Information Delivery Content Creation Information Flow Web 1.0 Page Static Text Producer Unidirectional Web 2.0 Microcontent Dynamic Video/Graphics Participatory Bidirectional Data Organization Search Engines Folksonomy Web 2.0 Examples • Social Bookmarking – Del.icio.us – Spurl.com – Furl.com • Social Networking – – – – – – Myspace.com Facebook.com Orkut.com Twitter.com Dodgeball.com Elgg.net • Wikis – Wikipedia.org – Wikinews.org • Image/Video Sharing – YouTube.com – Flickr.com • Blogs – Blogger.com – Wordpress.com Web 2.0 • Changing our culture • Making leadership more accountable • Changing the way information is gathered and distributed • Changing the way people interact and form communities Web 2.0 Demo Google Earth and Wikipedia What’s Next? • Exponential trends are predictable • His predictions – – – – Radical changes in biotechnology Language translation in cell phones Computers will disappear Rise of true artificial intelligence • Computer will pass the Turing Test by the 2020s – The boundary between physical and virtual reality will disappear • Neural implants • Nanobots and foglets What Does it Mean to Us? When the world around us is changing, shouldn’t we stop to ask ourselves if we can afford to keep doing our jobs the same way we always have? Administrative MySite 2.0 MAP New SIS Video Tutorials Learning 2.0 • How do we leverage the capabilities of Web 2.0 in the classroom? • What would Learning 2.0 look like? – – – – – Collaboration and Community Less Centralized Information Self-discovery (within sound pedagogical guidelines) Emphasis on critical thinking skills Immersion and Engagement Learning 2.0 Examples • Student Collaboration – Blogs & Wikis – NoteMesh & Stu.dicio.us • Shared Curriculum – Curriki.org – MIT OpenCourseWare – Open Courseware Consortium • Podcasting – Edupodder.com & Epnweb.org • Folksonomy – Penntags – University of Pennsylvania – H20 - Harvard Virtual Simulations • University of North Carolina, Greensboro – ECON 201 • Carnegie Mellon University – Peacemaker • University of Indiana – Synthetic World Initiative (SWI) – Arden • Harvard Law, Stanford, SDSU, UC Davis, NMC – Second Life Virtual Simulations Second Life Demonstration