Furling is not a sport in IrelandAn introduction to Web 2.0 for

teachersMichael Stout

ETJ Tokyo Expo2008

Toyo Gakuen University. 30 November 2008

So what is Furling then?

…and what’s web 2.0 for that matter?

Web 2.0

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An introduction to Web 2.0

• Social Bookmarking

• Social Networking for education

• Tools

Flickr photo by ! Franz Maga http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=%22web+2.0%22&sourceid=Mozilla-search

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

Delicious

• Doesn’t require an e-mail address to register

• Bookmark and share links

• Organise links using “tags”

• Can subscribe to RSS feeds for tags

• Can create a network

Furl

• Saves a snap shot of the entire webpage

• Can create folders for courses and students

• Can subscribe to the RSS feeds for folders

Diigo

• Can simultaneously save to delicious and post to Twitter

• Can highlight, add notes and comments

• Can create lists and groups• Can send messages to

friends, group members and facebook

• Can create tagrolls, linkrolls and webslides of your bookmarked websites

Diigo Highlighting and sticky notes

Social Networking for Education

• Ning Communities• EFL Classroom

2.0• ESL/EFL Sister

Classes

EFL Classroom 2.0

• Member blogs• “Classrooms”• Discussion forums• Videos• Materials sharing• Applications• Chat

ESL/EFL Sister Classes

• International Sister classes project

• ESL/EFL Sister Classes Blog

• Student Showcase• Sister Classes

Forum

Tools

• Wordl

• Flickr

• Google• Reader• Maps• Docs

• VoicethreadImage by circulating

Wordl

http://www.wordle.net/.

http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/346811/Mr._Stout%27s_Blog_word_frequency_analysis

Flickr

• Creative Commons search

• Download• Edit• Notes• Geotagging• Groups• Third party applications

Google Reader

• Create a network of friends

• Share and comment webpages

• Organise feeds into folders

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=ol

Google Docs

Google Docs

Voicethread

http://voicethread.com/share/229020/

Online Collaboration Tools

http://www.mindmeister.com/12213323

Recommended Reading

Thank you

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