Family Science Night

Family Science Family Science NightNight

Scott MerrickScott Merrick

Teacher-in-residence,Teacher-in-residence,

Vanderbilt Center for Science Vanderbilt Center for Science OutreachOutreach

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

scott@scottmerrick.netscott@scottmerrick.net

““The The Read/WritRead/Writ

e Web”e Web”

HTMLHTML““HyperText Markup LanguageHyperText Markup Language

An example

And the html that makes it work

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ple

““Web Web 2.0”2.0”

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/movie/k12/32612/play

“ Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a perceived second generation of web-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize…

online collaboration and sharing among users.”

http://wikipedia.com/web20

““Blogs”Blogs”http://www.commoncraft.com/video-blogs

““Wikis”Wikis”http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

““Social Social NetworkingNetworking

””http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking

MySpaceMySpaceFacebookFacebookTwitterTwitterSkypeSkypeYouTubeYouTube

http://owengeronimo.files.wordpress.com

http://webscience.org/

Talk with your child, don’t stop, everTalk with your child, don’t stop, ever The computer in the home lives in a The computer in the home lives in a

public, shared spacepublic, shared space Parents have the right to access any Parents have the right to access any

account a child has: Computer use account a child has: Computer use privileges end if parent access is refusedprivileges end if parent access is refused

Learn together, and only share as much Learn together, and only share as much information as you feel safe sharinginformation as you feel safe sharing

Seek and nurture BalanceSeek and nurture Balance

My 2-cents Worth:

http://scienceoutreach.orghttp://scienceoutreach.org http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/hohttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/ho

me/index.htmme/index.htm http://scottmerrick.nethttp://scottmerrick.net http://youtube.comhttp://youtube.com http://myspace.comhttp://myspace.com http://facebook.comhttp://facebook.com http://twitter.comhttp://twitter.com http://skype.comhttp://skype.com

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