Speedgeeking for Web 2.0

speed geek sessionWeb2.0John Allan

fast paced surface delivery of….web2.0

8 common features of Web 2.0

HeeeeeeereWeGo…..

Collaborative writing

www.writeboard.coma web-based word processormultiple people can login and share ideasbrainstorm RSS updates are available for your board so you know when changes have been mademultiple versions of a document so you can roll back if neededmany distribution modes

Community mappingMoodlers in the UK

Frappercommunity mapper interactive, fun and engaging destinations keep track of friends or colleagues whereaboutsmore than 2 million Frappr! maps have been createda unique way to visualize and interact with each other embed web pages with Frappr mapsget real-time stats on where visitors are & frequency

Browser based mindmapper

mind42browser based online mind mapping applicationopen the browser and launch the applicationmap your individual ideascollaborate with colleagues and friends locally or worldwidemultilingual

Moodle mapped out

Text to mind map converter

www.text2mindmap.coman Online text to Mind Map convertorText2Mindmap is a web application that converts texts to mind mapstakes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it,and draws a mind map of them

Visual theasaurus

Visual theasaurus

Sharing professional documents

www.docstoc.com/documents/education/11,000 docs & countingarchivelocatesharecontribute

Family trees, structure or organizations

www.myheritage.com

• create group structures• create family trees (study relationships)• historical family trees (Kennedys)

Visual search

www.kartoo.com• visually appealing• establishes relationships

through interactive lines, proximity and size

• great for second language & visual learners

Animation - scripting & mixedmedia manipulation

scratch.mit.edu• variety of difficulties• basic computer scripting option• community/sharing • motivating

How things are done community

eHow• thousands of article• thousands of subjects• A moment of silence for the next

slide……

Popular web content

DIGG• content voted on by community• categories• millions on line• very current

On line journaling

www.livejournal.com• standard for EFL/ESL• create your own class community• all forms of multimedia• millions involved

blog manifests into a “superblog”

www.ielts-blog.com• Scott – any comments?• amazing resource• practice tests• listenings• author is a 2LL that went thought the

IELTS process

Pronunciation guides

www.forvo.com• many languages• topics for targeted study

Accents

Free web site constructors

www.synthasite.com• free web editor and host• allows for blogging

Data visualizers

www.swivel.com• charts• collaboration• thousands already there• create• share (RSS)

Visual complexity

Visualcomplexity.com • visualization of complex networks• series of disciplines

A social network

Media converters

www.media-convert.com

• audio• video• animation• Images• texts

Screen recording

www.ScreenCast.com• free Host• record screen• upload• share

automated podcast publication

www.poddesk.com• automated Video Podcast Production and

Delivery• video capture• Encoding• podcast delivery.• drag’n’drop

web hosted application solutions

Zoho has become synonymous with having a sheer volume of Web based productivity applications.

www.zoho.com• The Total Package• Productivity• Business• utilities

Peer paper sharing

www.wepapers.com• search papers by category• search categories by institution• awareness may prevent plagiarism• publish papers for peer review (real

audience)

Internet search manager

www.middlespot.com• visual and textual results• navigate by graphic result• navigate by text based result• save to personal workpad feature• quick zoom

On line Music Collabortation

BoJam.com• true artistic collaboration• worldwide potential • international concerts• sample tracks from other artists (legal

issues?)

Internet-live language tutor/teacher

Live Mocha• community members share linguistic

expertise• share by swapping lessons• learn by using site lessons• purchase expert teacher for fee • learn at home when you wish

Create a book

www.tikatok.com• child focused• community for children • write illustrate and publish a real book• a suite of free teacher tools • bookmaking projects for education

Classroom community

www.engrade.com• free learning management system• on line tools• 24/7 access for students and teachers

Your head should be spinning…..

• there are so many more offerings• remember the commonalities• experiment• have fun• Share with education and learning

communities!