Web 2.0 – it’s moving faster!

Feeling like the world is moving at an ever- increasing pace? Is your head spinning just trying to keep up with the changes our modern world presents on a daily/hourly/minutely (?) basis? Then don’t worry – you’re not alone!! I read in the newspaper yesterday that at the age of 42 we become less able to engage with new technologies, and more likely to ask for assistance from younger family members when adopting or engaging with computers, mobile phones etc. If this is true (and I don’t believe everything I read!) then I am 11 years away from this marker, and already I feel left behind!!

However I felt much better when I came across the following list (which was much longer… I have edited it to about three quarters of its original length) of all of the new types of ‘2.0′ webpages that are being developed. These are basically interactive webpages that either combine (mashup) previously used pages or provide a new way to interact with information and other web users. For each of these headings, there are at least 50-100 examples online – there is just no way to keep up!

I’m keeping my eye on e-learning 2.0, knowledge 2.0 and tagging 2.0 – sites that deal with how we learn and share knowledge, and how we manage to make some kind of order out of it!

An example of tagging 2.0 is the wellknown site de.licio.us – basically an online bookmark collection that allows you to store all of your favourite sites in one place that can be accessed from any computer. I think I’ve mentioned it before: http://del.icio.us/6hunterlane

For more info about web 2.0, try this link: http://www.shambles.net/web2/

- I’m going to spend some time looking through what it has to offer. Anyway, enjoy the list below – don’t get too overwhelmed!!!

 Better sign off… need to keep surfing!!

Kay.

 

* AUDIO 2.0  * BOOKMARK 2.0* BROWSE 2.0* COLLABORATE 2.0

*COMMUNICATE 2.0* COMMUNITY 2.0  * DATA 2.0 * DBASE 2.0 * DESIGN 2.0

* ECOMMERCE 2.0 * E-LEARNING 2.0* EMPLOYMENT 2.0 * FINANCE 2.0* FUN 2.0

* IDENTITY 2.0* IMAGES 2.0  * KNOWLEDGE 2.0 * LEGAL 2.0 * LIST 2.0

* MULTIMEDIA 2.0 * NEWS 2.0* OFFICE 2.0 * ORGANIZE 2.0 * PUBLISH 2.0

* R&D 2.0 * RATE 2.0 * RSS 2.0* SEARCH 2.0* SOFTWARE 2.0* STATS 2.0 

* STORE 2.0* SURVEY 2.0  * TAG 2.0

 

Webquests

Sorry about the huge gap between posts…. I have been busy with a change of jobs and all of the associated issues and work!! I have also been working hard on assignments for my Masters.

However a couple of requests have jogged me into action – on the topic of webquests!

I could spiel about webquests, however why settle for second best – let’s go to the expert, directly to Tom March, the ‘guru’ of webquests! He has a number of articles and web resources on webquests that are easy to access and understand, and heaps of examples that are ready to be used in the classroom!

Tom March points out that there are lots of webquests that are not actually true webquests – that is, they ask students to access information online, and require them to present their findings in some sort of technologically assisted format, but they do not require students to take that information and transform it into their own understandings – that is, take it in, understand it and reformulate it in their own way.

Anyway, go to the blog of Tom March to get the goss on webquests:

http://tommarch.com/writings/wq_power.php

and also check out the links he includes!

For an easy to use webquest creation tool, try http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/ – a site called Filamentality. Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities.

Have fun! if you lodge your webquests online, leave a comment with the link so we can all share in the richness of each other’s talents!!