Looking at the read~write webCurrent and future trends

John Larkinteacher of history & instructional technologist

www.larkin.net.au

Agenda

IntroductionThe read-write web in 2007 and 2008Current events and the core toolsNings and WebNode type toolsMashupsWho to watchConclusion

Introductions

Where are you from?

Why are you here?

Where am I at today?

Brief background

Read~write web aka Web 2.0

Blogs, wikis, podcasts, twitter, del.icio.us,…

RSS and news/feed readersMashups

Observations 2007~2008

Noticeable increase in the number of educators blogging and exploring the tools

A number are using the tools in the classroom

Establishment of educator groups Classroom 2.0 Diigo groups me.edu.au And many more… too many

Observations 2007~2008

Frequent uStream collaborations and interviews

Sharing of resources via wikis

Moving Forward

Tool lust

Observations 2007~2008

Reactions among various educators regarding the growth

From conversations to being part of the network

“Keeping up with the joneses”

Seminal posts wiki at Moving Forward

Observations 2007~2008

Is there elitism or not?

Is this just a perception?

There are still gurus and acolytes

Conversations are few yet cloned by many

Observations 2007~2008

Burn-out

Stress

Much more of the same

Too much in the reader

Too many on the Twitter list

Observations 2007~2008

Personalisation

Anonymity or not

Online identity ~ who owns it?

Cyber Safety

Personal Learning Networks

Professionalism

The tools

Too many

Blogs, wikis, podcasts,

Del.icio.us bookmarks

Twitter :P

The tools

Too many

Voicethread

Diigo

Nings

The tools

Too many

WebNode

Google Reader

The tools

Too many

All the Google offerings…

New directions

The semantic web

What is that?

New directions

AideRSS

What is that?

New directions

Dapper

What is that?

New directions

Yahoo Pipes

What is that?

Teaching and learning

BlogsSivaClayAl UptonMe

Who to watch

Stephen Downes Will Richardson Michelle Martin Jeff Utecht Ewan McIntosh Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Clay Burell Alan Couros Vicki Davis David Warlick

Who to watch

Silvia Tolisano Kenneth Ronkowitz Steve Hargadon Graham Wegner Bill Ferriter Danah Boyd Scott McLeod Wesley Fryer David Jakes Bud Hunt Christopher D. Sessums

Who to watch

Cole Camplese Alan November Jennifer Jones Alan Levine Gary Stager Kim Cofino Sue Waters Doug Belshaw Larry Ferlazzo

Who to watch

And of course…

Sivasothi N. Kevin Lim Vanessa Tan Ivan Chew

Thank you

John Larkin

http://www.larkin.net.au/

Links and resources for this presentation:

http://www.larkin.net.au/020_web20_presentation.html