2. Changes in Technology 1985 - 2009
Year Hardware Software Users Uses Education
1985 Terminal DOS Business/Schools Limited Limited
1990 PC Windows. Business/School/Home Documents. Assignments.
Office. Presentation. Presentation .
1995 PC Windows. Business Documents. Assignments.
LAPTOP Office. School Presentation. Presentation .
Internet Home Research. Research.
Explorer. Promotion.
Commerce.
E-Mail.
2004+ PC Windows. Business Documents. Assignments.
LAPTOP Office. School Presentation. Presentation .
PD’s Internet Home Research. Research.
Explorer. Community Promotion.
Google Commerce.
+ E-Mail.
Wikis.
Podcasts.
Video.
Social Networking. Gap
Social
Bookmarking.
Blogging.
Discussion Forums
Micro Blogging.
RSS.
Mashup
Instant
Messaging.
VOIP.
3. Computers as a Subject
Level Subjects Skills
Beginners Computers Files and Folders Double Click
Word Menus
Spreadsheets Saving
Internet Explorer Typing
E-Mail Searching
Links
E-Mail
Cut, Copy, Paste.
Click and Drag.
Highlight.
Delete.
ECDL Files and Folders File Management
Word Searching
Spreadsheets Database Management
Internet Explorer Presentation
E-Mail E-MAIL
Database Documents
PowerPoint.
WEB 2.0 Social Networking. Password Management
Searching Document sharing.
Blogging. Networking.
Podcasting. Digital Audio.
Video Document/ Image editing & Publishing.
Skills to Support Discussion Forums Aggregation skills.
Content Sorting Web page publishing
study of a Subject. Photo sharing Discussion skills.
Wikis. Participation.
RSS Sharing
VOIP Collaboration.
Web page creation.
4. Using computers to Support a Subject involves having the skill
set to use WEB 2.0 Technology
“Web 2.0”
Generally, this is a loose term that describes the change in Internet usage from users viewing the
Internet to creating and sharing their own content.
Some examples would be:
Blogging – Author writes on a subject and posts it to the Net.
Wikis – The most well known example being Wikipedia which is a encyclopaedia created by the
users, with information being constantly updated and new subjects being added.
Social Networking- Users create their own page(s) and form networks with friends. Facebook,
Bebo, MySpace.
Social Bookmarking- This is a Favourites list which is saved online and can be accessed from any
computer on the Net. The user can share their bookmarks with others. Bookmarks can be
tagged with words to make sharing and searching them easier.
14. Organising Information
Blogs Video
Wiki’s
Web Pages
Personal Learning
Environment
(PLE) Images
Documents
Networks Podcasts
15. Personal Learning Environments.
Having a PLE allows you to have all the web pages and services accessible
from one web page.
PLE Services :
Mashup: a web application
that combines data and/or
functionality from more than
one source
16. Web 2.0 Glossary
Type Service Usage Link
E-Mail Google Communication/Sharing www.gmail.com
Blogging Blogger Post Content/Comment www.blogger.com
Wordpress
www.wordpress.com
RSS Google Reader Aggregate www.gmail.com
Wiki Wikispaces Sharing/Collaboration/Aggregate www.wikispaces.com
Wikipedia www.wikipedia.com
Web Page Freewebs Create/Share/Comment. www.webs.com
Discussion Forum Forumotion Discussion/Sharing www.formution.com
Podcast Podcast.com Listen/ Sharing www.podcast.com
Social Bookmarking Delicious Sharing/Collaborate www.delicious.com
Diigo www.diigo.com
Social Networking Facebook Communicate/Share/Comment. www.facebook.com
Ning Collaborate. www.ning.com
Mashup iGoogle Aggregate www.igoogle.com
Netvibes www.netvibes.com
Photographs Flickr Communicate/Share/Comment. www.flickr.com
Presentation Slideshare Communicate/Share/Comment. www.slideshare.com
Authorstream Collaborate www.authorstream.com
VOIP Skype Communicate/Share/ www.skype.com
Collaborate
