Teaching using the cloud

Tools for Teachers

Web Tools for Learning and Teaching: Experiences in a real-world teaching

Ravindra DastikopSDMCET, Dharwad

http://wtlt.blogspot.com [email protected]

Purpose

●Share our experience in using web as an effective Teaching resource

●We have been exploring and using web resources since 2000 ○when only hotmail was avaialble ○and few knew GOOGLE and Gmail was

introduced 5 years later.

Web is a New Learning Habitat● Teacher Home- ● Course home● Class Room● Reference● Library- Wikipedia ● Blackboard● Homework● Notice Board● Attendance Register● Community ● Peer review

●Web is a ○ newfound land for

humanity (1/14) ○ New playground for

business and also○ new college for

teachers and learners.●Like in traditional

physical world, all teaching activities can happen on the web

Web is a New Informer

You can keep yourself updated without much efforts.

Use Alert Service

ExampleNagindas Khandwala College, Mumbai

'Alert Example' Blogs1 new result for "Nagindas khandwala college" Khandwala College's Library and Information Centre (LInC): Say ...By Khandwala College LibraryIt is one of the prestigious departments of Nagindas Khandwala College, Malad (W), Mumbai which is accredited by NAAC with Five Star status and affiliated to University of Mumbai. The LInC, best known for consultancy and outsourcing ...Khandwala College's Library and... - http://nkclibrary.blogspot.com/Tip: Use quotes ("like this") around a set of words in your query to match them exactly. Learn more.

Remove this alert.Create another alert.Manage your alerts.

Agenda- Creating Awareness in Web

Opportunities

●Web as new learning space ○ A seventh grader uses it as her study

●Web as a source of growing learning and Teaching resources

●Applications Galore

Fundamentals

What is changing or has already changed?

New Times for Our Children

'Do not confine your children to your own learning for

they were born in another time.' Hebrew Proverb

Network Times- Facebook,

Information Times - Google

Online Times

New Reality

●Web has unleashed a new Learning world order – an editable sharable information space where everything is linked to everything else

The virtual and the real world

Culture

Tools

Source: Pablo [email protected]

The Task

●Equipping ourselves to participate in this new information order and

●Empowering our students to live there successfully This Seminar cum Workshop will show u

how to go about this

Traditional Meaning of education

●Education is a process of transmitting knowledge, experience and values from one generation to next○ Valid when knowledge creation and generation was sparse

and slow○ Knowledge to be transmitted limited – Botany book of Dutta,

Wren and Martin , Loney trigonometry ○ 98 % all scientists are leaving today – 15000 books were

printed in 15000 (verify)

General Purpose of Education

●Modern universities were established since 15th century to Liberate people from parochial and traditional thinking (hence called Liberal Education) ○ Darwin- "we didn’t descended from heaven- we evolved here" ○ Galelio- heliocentric- Sun does not revolve around us○ Pasture – diseases don’t happen because we are condemned

but microbes bring them

Web is a New Writing Slate

WriteeraseLearn

Edit, Publish, Comment

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http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/images/the-web.png

New Meaning of education

●Education is partnering in the process of knowledge discovery, generation and sharing add symbol

● Example tweet this, email this, facebook this●

Changing purpose of education

● Knowledge volume is huge and specific ( doubling every 18 months, Big Data )

● Well read person – read Homer, Aristotle so on ● We purposed person – prepared for specific contribution ● ●

New Purpose of education●The purpose of education is to make each

citizen FUNCTIONAL and CONTRIBUTING

●Functional – specialist●Contribution – towards economy etc ●

Teaching Imperatives

●Prepare and enable student to be successful in new learning order

●Participate (email) ●Consume, (search, use) ●and contribute (publish 1 and 2 )

Agenda-Action

●Why Web ○ Be in Tune with Times-

■ Google is a Teenager Now and so are our students○ Teacher’s perspective- web is a shot in the arm ○ Learner’s perspective- they are already living there○ College perspective- current and more prospective students

reach us through web (temples, politicians)

●What does web offer- ○ Resources- Tools and information and more

●How to use them (Workshop)

Pause

Understanding the Web

Power of the webThe nature of the web (info space etc)

Web from teaching perspectiveWeb from the learner perspective

*What Web can do for us?When printing press was invented - it made possible to produce books in large numbers- that created opportunity for all

●Publishers●Authors

●Columnists ●Universities

When camera was invented - it made possible to capture picture permanently and led to

●Photography●Cinema etc

Web has similar potential to unleash new way of opportunities for us

web makes us creators

Web has enabled us to participate in the creation of informationwe can● start a blog●upload and share photos● .● .●build encyclopedia

Web: Student Perspective

●Web is becoming a new platform for launching new career and even to make preparations towards that○Learning about the we○Using and mastering tools is a beginning of a

career

Web: from teacher’s perspective

●Web is replacing traditional systems of learning

●Web is a new source of all learning resources

●U r students are already found home there- emails, blogs, social networks etc- digital natives (google is 12 years old now)

Web: from college perspective

●Most students (even prospective- add enquire form) for most part of time – know about u r college and interact with u through and via web

●If u r not the web, u r not on their scanner

Cloud ~ Web

Technology Fundamentals

Rich and Responsive (PC era)

Remote and Slow (web era)

Rich, remote and responsive (now)

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Teaching Uses of The Web

Variety is the use

Not all teacher need the same Thing

For each teacher her Way

●Cloud for Blended Education●Cloud for 10 points of teaching ●Cloud for Instructional design principles●Cloud for Blooms Taxonomy

Teaching Programming using the web

Teaching Discrete Mathematical Structure using

the web

Teaching Mathematics using Web

Teaching Social science using the web

Practice

Teaching using the Cloud 1

● Theory○ Cloud is a General learning

and Teaching Resource ○ Global, always accessible

● Resources○ Lecture hall○ Library○ Curriculum Search

●Application ●Cloud can be used for

empowering learners and teachers.

●Cloud can be a meeting point of teachers and learners- journey

●Cloud can be extended class room

Teaching using the Cloud-2

● Theory● Cloud is an information

space where everything is linked to everything else

● All Learning or teaching is sharing information, experience and values

● Cloud is a preferred platform for sharing

●Application ●Cloud may used as a

leading starting point for all learning Tasks.○ Class website

●From there links can be established back and forth ○ Link to class wiki

●It can be extended PLE

Web is a real-time resource-3 ● Theory● The web enhance access

to experts and real-time data and enables multiple forms of communication among collaborative teams of learners

● Resources● Search Engines● Wikipedia● Yahoo Answers ● Groups

●Application● Students studying a computer

simulation of global warming share ideas about factors influencing global temperatures. They vary the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by vehicles and factories or manipulate the quantity of green plants in the simulation. They observe that reducing industrial emissions or adding trees to the environment makes global warming less of a threat ( source)

Developing and Discovering Knowledge- 4

● Theory● Knowledge developed

during the course does not pre-exist the course.

● Hence teaching is process of knowledge discovery● Resources

● Groups● Wikis

●Application ●Blog can be used to

discover and procure knowledge, experience

●Alumni share authentic Project planning experience

Teaching is mentioning of challenges 5

● Theory● Web makes learning

resources and opportunities infinite (No restricted class hours, library closed on holidays

● Result:● Teaching is not Listing

Curriculum but mention essential problems students will address

● Research associated with those problems

●Application (Management Course)○ How do I get my projects

assigned in a company ○ Who decides the deadlines○ What skills do I need to

understand the process of running a company

capture and store student evidence of learning-6

● Theory● Evaluation of student

evidence of learning replaces traditional Testing

● Easy capture and store ● Levels of learning ● Resources● Web sites, blogs, online

documents,

●Application ●Ask students

○ Post Mark My attendance○ Student Response ○ Post on their blogs○ Comments on classmate

blogs

Create Enduring Learning Spaces-7

● Theory● Build learning spaces for

learners● They must have access

to the net while they are in the learning space

● Resources● WiFi

●Application ●Making online

resource access and participation easy by campus-wide networks.

●Notes●Syllabus●Lessons

Student’s Technology Management Tools of their own 8 ● Theory● Let student manage their

learning resources● Let them capture and

store evidences of learning and share with faculty

● Resources

●Application ○ Emails○ Web sites○ Blogs○ Docs

Tools for Faculty Professional development-9

● Theory○ Tools to support annual

review, promotion request○ Learn new breed of tools

● Resources○ Twitter

●Application ●Google Profile●CV ●Seek students input

Students have digital depository-10

● Theory○ Web presence is essentail

■ Email, blog, wiki web page

■ A place to store and manage the evidence of their active learning

● Resources

●Application○ Blog○ Sms

Mutual interpretation of collected evidence 11

● Theory● Require students to

interpret their collected online evidence at regular intervals

● Resources

●Application○ Comments on blogs posts○ Certify selected topic○ Add mtech seminar

presentation indicating

Make the collection of evidence the primary work of the course-12

● Theory○ students are to be graded

largely or entirely on their final portfolio for the course

○ In learning-centered course, the portfolio is the sine qua non

● Resources

●Application

○ Remove

Visual Sharing resources online

It’s a place where you can create a visual list of online sites and resources. I love it because I no longer have to search or keep a list of reminder notes. I can simply go here or share all of the links with my students.

Online Resources Visual

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Resources

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Google Docs

For students and teachers, the Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to ●writing papers, ●organizing presentations and ●putting together spreadsheets and reports.

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Sharing a draft copy

Some time you have create a documents and let others to edit-

Sharing a document with project membersPreparing reco with your faculty

You also email itYou can edit with u r class mate

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Online Sharing

●Today creating and sharing Bio-data or CV is a regular activity- frequent updates- sharing with new people or organization very necessary.

Publishing CV ( biodata )

UPDATE YOUR STATUS- (Varun H M Goes to Argentina)

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Writing a Conference paper

●An assignment or similar document can be created using Google doc

●Example:●Creating and editing a draft

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Online Docs Collaborate globally

Google Docs, our word processing application, doesn't just give you access to the same document, it actually allow students to

work on the same document at the same time from anywhere in the world.

"Collaborative projects really make for an excellent education experience not only because students bounce ideas off each

other and improve each other's writing skills, but also because the process itself teaches them how to work well with others - a

valuable skill for everyone." - Richard Teacher, Columbia Secondary School.

Mastering the Web

Mastering the web

●Discover, consume, produce and share●Editing tools- editor publisher – publish or

perish ○Create○Share○publish

●Linking Tools○Search engines○URLs

Information Tools

Recovering and Discovering

*Web 2.o TOOLS

●Discover Information ○search engine○custom search engines

●Publish and Dessimate Information○web sites- getting online○blogs-share your story

●Network and Build Community○email○chats

●Online documents○Google docs

●Collaborate with others○wikies

Discovering Information

* Get only what you want

Custom search enginehelps u do a focused search within a specified set of web sitescurriculum searchIndia education search

* Know Events as they happen

Alert Services allow you to follow the trends in areas of your interesthttp://google.com/alert You can set alert for keyword "web 2.0" and keep your self updated as and when something happens in web 2.0 world Example " Nagindas Khandawal College

*RSS - update me with your changes●Really Simple Syndication — is a great technology for

staying on top of news and announcements that are important to your organization and its mission.

●you can leverage other sites' RSS feeds, ●you can create your own feeds in order to deliver new

and important information to your community RSSExample

Publishing and Disseminating

* Using Blog as Black Board

Using blog as class room extends the reach of class room happening and resources beyond

four walls and working hours of collegeEntrepreneurship, Management and IP

Replace with PPTs of ip

* Using Google Docs to conduct online quiz Using form to conduct online quiz helps students to take test from wherever they are and also SAVE Paper

Online Quiz Using Cloud resources

* Blogs: Express Your Self

● is a platform for people to share their personal stories,●a can also be used to tell the story of an organization.●a blog can be a powerful — and influential —

communication and public-relations tool for your organization.

SDMWORLDWinning With Web

*Online Publishing

Documents can be published and shared onlinehttp://docs.google.comhttp://blist.comETM Resources

**Publish Your Self

Web sites allow you to publish your content to the worldhttp://edusense.googlepages.com

* Student projects using Cloud Resource

X-socialAlumni Maps

All project members got jobs based on skills acquired during the project development

Networking and Building Community

Community

A class on the Cloud

*Creating Communities

Web has tools that help a professional to create groups- invite people and conduct discussions.Management and Entrepreneurship

Management, Entrepreneurship and Protection of IP ( add url)

*Network and Build Community

●Social networking platforms like Flickr, Friendster, and MySpace, orkut give you a forum for meeting like-minded people,organizations and potential supporters, and provide a medium for spreading their messages beyond the immediate community.

●Facebook●Professional networks●Sdmcet network on facebook

* 24/7 learning Support

Groups can be used to support collaboration and interactivity among students

Cloud Computing Group

* Literature Survery

What is happening elsewhere?

Details

Web tools for Blended Learning

*Blended Learning

source: http://www.etutors-portal.net/homepage_components/resources/Blendedlearning.jpg

* Blended Learning : Diagramatical

Source: http://www.educause.edu/learningspacesch11

* Cloud Learning Environment (CLE) Reference:

Learning with e's

* Deliver pre-work online

Actual course commencement can be preceded by a pre-work such as announcement of course requirement or completion of survey to collect attendee profiles

use my examplesuse IUCEE example

*maximize email and messaging

●use email distribution list before, during and after learning events.

●sending attachments●pointing students to additional resources●suggesting advanced classes●reminding learner of Information ( re-certfied)

*Why web Tools

Most educational experts agree that technology should be integrated, not as a separate subject or as a once-in-a-while project, but as a tool to promote and extend student learning on a daily basis” (Starr, 2009).

* “Five years ago, we thought of the Web as a new

medium, not a new economy.” Clement Mok quotes

The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation.[1] : Tim Berner

Lee

Use e-mails to accept seminar topic

Using e-mail seminar topic submission using email

* Survey of web technologies

chat: allows people to communicate online and real-timeAdvanatges:●Business can use it to communicate with consumers

○Times of India uses chat to help customers book adspace

○Stat counter uses chat for technical help○Business can use chat to discuss and book orders ○students can use it to communicate with

expert to solve acadmic or related challenges■eg: TGMC

Faculty can use to seek help/offer help

* Flavors of Seach

●structured data (database)● text ( general search engine)●video● image,●sound●musical scores●DNA sequence

●What can be searched ?

*Collaborate with Others

Wikis — collaborative Web sites that allow users to change the content of pages easily — can help your organization share information. Wiki

* Working Wonders

MashupsMashups allow them to combine online data from multiple sources to create customized, interactive Web applicationshttp://nearhop.comhttp://housingmaps.com

Student Projects add alumni maps

* How Tools Join Together

Netexplore- online explore and experience web 2.0 tools web 2.0 in class room Management & Entrepreneurship Course

Information Tools ( PULL)

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where

we can fin information upon it. Samuel Johnson quotes

Wikipedia

Information Common Wealth

Search Space

The world is searchable

Search EnginesGoogle

BingGateway to the Web

Searching at Home

Our desktop must be the first stop- when we want to search for something

Google Desktop

Utility that indexes files on desktop PC and displays results in a Google search page, with some relevance

ranking based on modified dates

* Custom Search Engines

Give what I need not all that u have

*Custom Search EnginesAn often-overlooked option is creating a custom search engine that hones in on the sites and searches that you are most interested in.Course related sites-SOADiscipline reated sites :

Google Custom search engine

example

Royallo

CSE Links

Workshop

*Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Google Search

Type: Web search EngineCategory: Information

ToolAlternatives: Bing

Use: Search web for useful resources and

information

Teaching and Learning Uses●Discovering teaching

resources●verify facts and figures Lessons Basic SearchGoogle Search Techniques Advanced searching examples

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Searching with Google

Using Google effectively

Effective Search

Tips for get good results of u r search

Mastering Boolean Operator

Using boolean operators- "and" and " OR" and "NOT" selectively improves search output. Here is a game that teaches you the appropriate use of these operators

Mastering Boolean Operators

Understanding Boolean Operator

Understanding Boolean Operators

Search Complete

Basic Search Tips Choosing Links

Google Search for Educators

Test Your Searching Skills

Workshop Exercise

Additional Search Tips

Search Never EndsWorkshop item

* http://www.feeltiptop.com/

Searching: Different Approach

Web search strategies - Video

Web Search Strategies

SDM Search

Search within SDMCET Website

Multimedia

Not mere text, Pictures, Video also

Education

Gates are always open

* Web For Learning

Twitter for learning

* Google Docs

For students and teachers, the Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to ●writing papers, ●organizing presentations and ●putting together spreadsheets and reports.

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Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Blog

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Uses

http://googleforstudents.blogspot.com/

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* Writing Papers

●Today creating and sharing Bio-data or CV is a regular activity- frequent updates- sharing with new people or organization very necessary.

Publishing CV ( biodata )

UPDATE YOUR STATUS- (Varun H M Goes to Argentina)

* Sharing documents for comments

Corrections Please

* CTS needs a Recommendation LetterRecently a group of SDMITES joined CTS and needed a reco. We used GOOGLE DOCS to create a documents and asked student to enter their name and otther details

CTS RECO LETTER

* Translating a documents

A document created in a language can be translated into another

use tools menu

Organizing Presentation

Google docs can used to create presentation and share with others.

Presentation Rules

Paper presentationSeminar presentation

Tutorials

Live Teaching

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* Specialists

Meeting special needshttp;//biomedicalcentral.com

http://intute.ac.uk

Articles

Articles Galorehttp://findarticles.com

Information Tools (Push)

Alerts

Update me all the time

* Alerts

Helps user to pull information of relevance from Google search index.Updates are received as they happen

Uses●Collecting information about a seminar Topic- set alert

for phrase " agile networks"● find popularity of something - "Rajasthan Royals"●Monitor a company of your interest – Accenture● “ Nagindas Khandwala College “

*RSS

Short for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, this handy service is revolutionizing the way we search for content. ● In addition, us web searchers don't necessarily have to

keep checking back to any particular site to see if it's been updated - all we need to do is subscribe to the RSS feed, much like you would subscribe to a newspaper, and then read the updates from the site, delivered via RSS feeds, in what's called a "feed reader." (We'll get to feed readers in just a minute!)

More on RSS

**How can u Use of RSS

Communication Tools

* Online Groups

Placement Pratice-

Cloud Computing

Service oriented Architecture

* Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Twitter

Type:Micro bloggingCategory: Communication

ToolUse: Useful for sharing current status info with

others

Teaching and Learning Uses●Open a communication

line to share updates example

●Communicate students of a course

●share updates with colleagues/project teams

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* Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Facebook

Type:SSNCategory:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Useshttp://www.facebook.com/education

http://www.facebook.com/EduConnection

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208499259

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12163528007

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*Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Facebook

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Useshttp://developers.facebook.com/http://developers.facebook.com/tools.phphttp://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Main_Page examples

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* Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Blog

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Useshttp://googleforstudents.

blogspot.com/

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* Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Education

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Useshttp://code.google.com/edu/

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A Workshop onWeb Tools for Teaching

Ravindra DastikopAssistant Professor, SDMCET, Dharwad

Email: [email protected]

* Workshop Course Description

● This course discusses how to use web tools in various stages of teaching-○ curriculum design-class room teaching-evaluation

● At the end of this faculty will know ○ what web-based tools are available,○ how to access these tools,○ and how best to use these tools in a course. ○ Topics include e-mail, web sites, blogs, online docs

and other tools

Presentation Outline

●Web realities- ○The Importance of Web

●Why use web for Teaching●Harnessing web for Teaching Productivity

○Resources, tools available for teachers

* Web Realities: 1Value of the web●Pivotal platform-

○establish presence- come, stay, grow, flourish○Example: email, web site

●Channel- ○communicate, create and become part of

community ●Mother of all resources-

○Source of information, resources, tools

* Web Realities 2:Enabling effect of Web●Web enables us to over come THREE fundamental

barriers ○Distance- death of distance example○Time- 24/7 access example○Language – translating your way to the world

example

○ We all have become omnipresent now ○ We cant be everywhere, therefore we created web

* The Result

●Web has become ●Pivotal platform for all human endeavor

○Professional, business, ○educational, ○government, ○ temples, ○political parties,○politicians

●mother of all resources ○ Information, tools, resources etc

Why use web for teaching?

* Why use the Web in Teaching?

●Conceptual reasons○how web is reshaping teaching process

■web is a lecture hall●Practical reasons

○how web tools help enhance teaching porcess■course home

How am I using it ?

* Why Use the Web?- Practical Us

●Distribution of Course Materials example● Improved Communication- example ●Going Beyond Paper – example-seminar ●Better Access-

* Using Web For Teaching

Conceptual Reasons●Web a new TEXT BOOK●Web is a New REFERENCE LIBRARY●web is a new platform for communication●Web is a new

* Why Use the Web?

Distribution of Course Materials ●Distribute lecture notes on a web site. ●Provide additional study resources. ●Provide pointers to other useful web sites. ●Some textbook companies provide supplemental

web-based information to augment their textbooks and keep them current.

* Why Use the Web?

Improved Communication ●E-mail to the entire class can be used to send

announcements to students. example●Students can use e-mail to ask questions of the

instructor, set up appointments, etc. ●Groups and Chat can facilitate class participation

and discussion. ●WARNING: Instructor must monitor and participate

for this to be successful

* Why Use the web?

Going Beyond Paper ●Movie and Sound clips can enhance the class.

example ●Picture and Diagrams can add value to your class

room delivery

* Why Use the web?Better Access

●Better access to course materials ●Better access to support from the instructor ●Web sites, e-mail, and web-based programs can

be used from home instead of labs.

* Why Use the Web?

Not Just for Distance Education ●Support students with disabilities who have trouble

taking notes in class. Example●Brings out shy students who may participate more

in online discussions than in-person class discussions.

●Online course notes assist students who miss courses due to illness or other reasons

Learning Goals

Learn how to●Design and develop online resources to support

class room teaching●Create class group and mailing list ●Understand how to post email to a group ●Show how students can submit assignments for

grading through the web.●Learn how to set up web pages and other web

interfaces

The Agend

Harnessing Web for teaching Productivity

Using web resource for enhancing aspects of teaching

process

Collaboration Tools

Entrepreneurial Tools

* Tools for Promoting Small Business

Maximizing your web presence is key to building your small business

* Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: Resource

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Uses

web 2 projectshttp://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/web2_2010/Amazing%20Web%202%20Projects.pdf

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*Web Tools for Teaching and Learning

Web Tool DetailsTool: web 2

Type: Category:

Alternatives: Use:

Teaching and Learning Uses

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/

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* Open source resources- Google Code

Online resources can be used to develop systems, products and utilties

An online exam tool as a part of an internship thing. It was named

WebtestsMore about the Projects

A Cloud Teaching Systems

*The AlumniMaps

Using API to connect two web service and create ALUMNI MAPS

ALUMNI MAPS

*API's

Examples

Tweetmeme

●Using API – entrepreneuers in action add newyork times story cloudcomputingUsing content from Guardian RSS feeds - Guardian API

Talk | Google ...My plan is to drag in full reviews from Guardian using API (at this >point, this is going to be pretty easy to do) and work out the best ...<http://groups.google.com/group/guardian-api-talk/msg/0f810ecb1eb18949>

* Forums

●Forums where the interaction●phpbb is one such form which is open source and free

to use

*Web Infrastructurenew home for entrepreneurs

Develop your applications

Add that social science uses of web- the article that I have

*Action Google APP Engine

● Google App Engine was first released as a beta version in April 2008. It is a platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers.

● Google’s App Engine opens Google’s production to any person in the world at nocharge. Much like Google gives us all free email with an amazing amount of long term storage, we now have the ability to run the software that we write in Google’s data centers.

● Google App Engine is cloud computing technology. Google App Engine is

software that facilitates the user to run his web applications on Google infrastructure. It is more reliable because failure of any server will not affect

either the performance of the end user or the service of the Google.It virtualizes applications across multiple servers and data centers. Other cloud-

based platforms include offerings such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure Services Platform.Reference

Publishing Tools

Blogging

* Blogging

BloggerWordpress Example BlogTypepad

* Wikies- information space

Wikis are web sites that can be edited online. Wiki software allows the creators of a website to allow viewers to edit all or part of their site. The most well known Wiki is Wikipedia an online encyclopedia. Users can create their own Wikis with free or commercially available software. One popular free product is PB Wiki which claims one can "make a free wiki as easily as making a peanut butter sandwich."Wikipedia has a comparison chart of wiki software available on their wiki.

* Content Aggregation and Tagging

Content Aggregators are web sites on which users can organize sources of information. Intelligent and programmable agents can help users find new sources of information to add to their site. In fact these agents can help users keep the information on their sites current. Two popular Content Aggregators is Delicious and Furl. In addition, companies and special interest groups do content aggregation as a service. Sometimes this service is for sale.

* RSS

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is one example of a content aggregator. Syndication is a means of sharing information across the Internet. Users subscribe to syndication’s feeds which route content directly to email or website. Many Web sites provide RSS feeds to which users can subscribe.Visit the MDDE663 RSS Portal for more information.

* Learning Objects

Another emerging trend in the development of content is that of Learning Objects. A learning object is a piece of digital content that can be used as a stand-alone unit of instruction. The purpose of developing learning objects is to simplify the reuse and re-purposing of courseware. The idea is not new. Instructors and professors have for years reused pieces of instruction in new courses, in papers, and in presentations. What is new is the idea of creating objects in a standards compliant format.

An Example

Visit the MDDE663 Learning Objects Portal for more information.

* Immersive Learning

Example Immersive environments combine the power of information and communication on the Web in creating virtual worlds. Users in these worlds can create characters who walk around and participate in a virtual community. Second Life is an example of one of these virtual communities. Active Worlds is another. Companies and schools can create their own instances of a virtual community to achieve specific educational goals. Immersive environments are an example of communication with "machines" as well as with humans since some of the "people" in an immersive environment are part of the software and have no human counterpart. The River City project is an example of an immersive environment used for educational purposes in which some of the participants are "machines."Tools like these provide users with new and innovative ways to teach and learn.

*21st Century Learning Skills

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