Discovery streaming and Web 2.0

What?

Presented by Elaine PlybonTexas DEN Leadership CouncilDEN in Second Life Leadership Council

WHAT IS WEB 2.0?

“Web 2.0 is all the web sites out there that get their value from the actions of users.” – Mike Elgan, TechWeb 2006

1997 “weblogs” coined

2001 Wikipedia is born

2003 MySpace founded

2004 First Web 2.0 conference

2005 Web 2.0 gets its own Wikipedia page

WHY SHOULD I USE IT?

•Is it relevant?R•What is its impact?I•Is it cost-effective?C•What effect will it have on my students?E

WHERE DO I BEGIN?

http://texasden.wikispaces.com

Types of Web 2.0 sites:

• Wikis and Blogs• Photo, audio, and video sharing• Social bookmarking• Social networking• Entertainment• oh yeah . . . and education!

WHAT ABOUT WEB 2.0

AND DISCOVERY STREAMING?