Presentation on the use of Web 2.0 tools in education settings.

1. Using Web 2.0 Elements to
Improve Student Learning
Vincent A. DiNoto, Jr.
Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives
Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu

2. Partners
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3. Pre- 1984
The Apps
Live Here

4. 1984 - present
The
Apps
Live
Here

5. Present - ?
The Apps
Live Here

6. Subscriptions
• RSS – Real Simple Syndication
• Pushes content to the users from the
‘publisher’
• Stock Market, Sport Scores, Weather, etc.

7. Free
• Most all elements discussed will be free
• Hyperlinks will be provided
• Presentation will be stored @
http://techcenter.jefferson.kctcs.edu/presenta
tion, the conference website,
http://vincedinoto.blogspot.com and
http://www.slideshare.net/vince123/
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8. Some Free Applications that will not
be discussed
• Free Applications
– http://Zoho.com
– http://www.thinkfree.com
– http://gliffy.com
– http://openoffice.org
• Second Life
• Face Book
• My Space
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9. Ideas Presented
• Accumulators
• Bookmarks
• Blogs
• Mash-ups
• Live video streaming
• Screen Captures
• PowerPoint Slide Storage
• Picture Storage
• Google Analytics
• Google Earth
• Google Docs
• Twitter & Linkedin
• Wikis
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10. Accumulators
A place to save RSS feeds. If
you create items with an RSS
feed and then have your
students subscribe you can
push out the content on your
schedule.
Your personal homepage
A page that works anyplace
and anytime
Many different sites Google,
Yahoo
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11. Bookmark
Bookmarks give you the ability to have the same favorites on multiple
computer platforms.
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12. Blog
• A blog (short for weblog) is a
frequently updated personal journal
intended for general public
consumption.
• Blogs generally represent the
personality of the author or reflect the
purpose of the Web site that hosts the
blog.
• Source:
http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefiniti
on/0,290660,sid8_gci214616,00.html
• A quick way to publish ideas and
concepts with an RSS feed.
• Write to your blog directly from
Microsoft Word.
•http://blogspot.com
•http://Historicalmills.blogspot.com
•http://vincedinoto.blogspot.com
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13. Mash-ups
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14. Live Video Streaming
Creating your own channel.
Need firewire in your computer
http://www.ustream.tv
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vince's-
video
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15. Screen Capture
• Jing is a free screen capture program
• It captures both video and still images from
your computer display
• http://techsmith.com same people who
creates Camtasia.
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16. Presentation Sharing
Slideshare is a location to post
PowerPoint Slides to be used either
directly or in other applications
http://slideshare.com
Another service is
http://slideshow.com
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17. Picture Storage
There is a free side and a purchase side.
Creation of Groups, Sets and Collections.
Public and Private sides
Can do Mash-ups
Geo Code pictures
http://Flickr.com
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18. Google Analytics
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19. Google Earth
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20. Google Docs
http://docs.google.com
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21. Twitter
A site to push out content
of what you are doing.
Therefore you can
pushout information
about your class to your
students.
http://twitter.com
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22. Linkedin
Can be used to keep in contact with
friends and colleagues.
Can also be used to link to others with
similar interests.
http://linkedin.com
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23. Wiki
 A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to
enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify
content, using a simplified markup language.[1][2] Wikis
are often used to create collaborative websites and to
power community websites. (from Wikipedia)
 I am using it as a definition library in my GIS Class,
http://techcenter.jefferson.kctcs.edu/GIS/wiki/Wiki%2
0Pages/Wiki%20Glossary.aspx
 http://www.wikispaces.com/
 http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
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