Getting Started with Web 2.0 Tools

Getting Started with

Web 2.0 Tools

Randy Thornton

The Culture of Comment

Three Must-Have Tools

A Social Bookmark Tagger An RSS Aggregator

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Web 1.0

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Web 2.0

You need different strategies for teaching and learning

in a world of abundant over-information

than in a world of scarce information.

Let’s Go Exploring

Be Self-Reliant

These tools are designed to be easy to useFree yourself from tech support

Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Be Part of a CommunityAsk your colleagues what they are doing

Ask your students what they are doing

Share with everyone what you are doing

Use Web 2.0 tools to learn Web 2.0 tools

Begin On the Beaten Track

Blogs for personal voice Wikis for collaboration

Forum, Chat, Twitter, Ning for building communityTagging for knowledge discovery and sharing

Audio and Video for multiple modes of expression

Digital "Slash and Burn"Invest lightly and move on if it

failsIt will get better or become extinct

There are more tools out there

Have a Backup Plan

Can you get your data out in a standard format ?

Can you get your data when the net is down ?

And finally, some advice from an Explorer