web 2.0 tools for health science educators

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What is Web 2.0?

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and what can it offer educators?

Christopher Franks, M.Ed.

High School of Commerce

Springfield, MA


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Web 2.0

For lack of a definition

As a term it was first used by Darcy DiNucciin her 1999 article "Fragmented Future

It was then popularized by TimothyOReilly in 2004 with the first Web 2.0

Conference in San Francisco

Now it refers to the ever changing state of

the Web we use daily


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Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0

Web sites functionedas a static outlet for

information and

products

Required technical

knowledge (HTML) Content was posted

by programmers to

be viewed by users

Web sites functionas applications, orprograms, that can

be updated fromany computer

Sites have built-in

editing functions(WYSIWYG)

Users contribute to

the content of sites

1.0 2.0


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What does that mean for us?

2.0 is a shift from us just using Web

sites for accessing information to ourparticipating in the contents creation

Sites begin offering services and tools

that can be accessed from any

computer connected to the Web

Most importantly, Web 2.0 is:

User-centered

User-generated User-controled


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Your first tool

to help get you started

with Web 2.0


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What is Social Bookmarking?

Save links to Web sites, like browser based

favorites or bookmarks

Organize links by adding descriptions andtags (keywords or classification)

Share those links with others Access and manage our bookmarks from

any computer with access to the Web

Using services like delicious.com we can:


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Getting startedFrom delicious.com

click on the Join Now button

Delicious.com is a service

maintained by Yahoo.com

To create an account youneed to Sign Up for a

Yahoo account


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Creating your account

Complete the form to

create your account

Delicious will suggest

an account title / URLbased on the name and

Yahoo ID / E-mail you

enter

Or you can enter yournew account title


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Adding tools to your browser

After selecting your

account name, you

can add a buttons to

your browser that willallow you to add

bookmarks and access

your account

If you do not want to

add buttons you maySkip this Step


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Adding bookmarks

Enter the URL for the site

you would like to

bookmark

Delicious will add the

pages TITLE

Add TAGS manually

or choose from the

Recommended andPopular tags

You can enter a NOTEor description


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Unique URL

Bookmarks

listed

chronologically

with descriptions

and specific tags A link to

others who

have also

bookmarkedthis site

List of Tags

for sorting

Your bookmark page

Link for

creatingbookmarks


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Another tool

to help you get started

with Web 2.0


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What is Web Annotation?

Add and modify the content of a Web page

Highlighting text

Adding sticky notes

Keep our annotated pages organized for

future reference Share those annotations with others by

e-mail, permanent URL, and Twitter

Using a service like WebNotes.net we can:


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Getting started

From WebNotes.net

click on the Sign Upbutton


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Creating your account

Complete the form to

create your account

Choose your Price Plan

An e-mail will be sent

to the address youprovide with a link to

confirm your account


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Adding tools to your browser

After clicking the link in

the e-mail to confirm

your account you will

be brought to a page

where you can install

the WebNotes Toolbaror Bookmarklet to your

Web browser

Both require you to

have Adobe Flash


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Annotating a page

Select the Sticky

Note tool toplace a note on

the page, after

the note appears

you may change

its size, move it

around the page

and add text

You can also

Share yourannotated pages

by E-mail,

Permalink, and

Twitter

The Toolbar with

annotation toolsand viewing

options

Select the

Highlighter tooland then select

the text you

would like to

highlight


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My WebNotes and

the Organizer

You can create

folders to help

keep your sites

and annotationsorganized

You can view

the individual

annotations for

each page


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Where does this leave us?

User-centered

User-generated User-controled

Remember Web 2.0 is:

2.0 tools like Delicious and WebNotesare practical applications and engaging


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Works consulted Gooding, J. Web 2.0: a vehicle for transforming education. (Report).

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

Education 4.2 (April-June 2008): 44(10). Educators Reference Complete.

Gale. High School of Commerce. 23 Aug. 2009http://find.galegroup.com/itxstart.do?proId=PROF.

Prabhu, M. T. (2009, June 3). WebNotes allows users to annotate web

pages. Retrieved August 24, 2009, from eSchoolnews.com website:

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59027

Richardson, W. (2006). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web

tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
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