The term web2.0 refers to the development of online services that encourage collaboration, communication and information sharing. CILIP Scotland .

Web2.0

The term web2.0 refers to the development of online services that encourage collaboration,

communication and information sharing.

CILIP Scotlandhttp://www.slainte.org.uk/files/pdf/web2/Web2GuidelinesFinal.pdf

Accessed 28/06/10

Ability to publish online is changing the face of the internet◦ Politics – blogs, podcasts, youtube ◦ Issues discussed and debated online◦ Social networking

Your subject◦ What are other people saying about your subject?◦ What websites/resources are other people using?◦ Online tools to help you present your work and

work with other students

Why should we be bothered?

Old web Web2.0

Computer basedComplicated to publish to webRead onlyPassive user experience

Web basedSimple to publish to webRead, write & uploadRich user experience

What is web2.0?

Blogs Wikis Social networking sites Sites that collate resources RSS feeds Google Docs Other useful sites Practical exercise

Today’s session

Web2.0 and social media

What web2.0 media do you use already?

What do you think of it?

What do you know already?

Blogs◦ Personal website, often with entries arranged by

date◦ Interactive – visitors can add comments

Weblogs (blogs)

Find blogs related to your subject◦ http://blogsearch.google.co.uk◦ http://www.blogsearchengine.com ◦ http://www.blog-search.com◦ http://www.blogscope.net ◦ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs

Things to think about What are other people saying about your subject? Do you agree with them? What ideas does this give you for your own work? Ideas for internet searches/keywords? What websites are other people linking to? Can you ignore blogs / can you trust them?

Using blogs for your study

Create your own blog◦ http://wordpress.com/◦ http://www.blogger.com◦ http://www.typepad.com/

Weblogs (blogs)

What is a wiki?◦ Database of pages that users can edit◦ Multiple authors, instant updating◦ e.g. Wikipedia◦ Do you trust wikis?

Wiki search engine◦ http://www.wiki.com

Create your own wiki◦ Why would you do this?!◦ http://pbworks.com ◦ Blackboard

Wikis

How is a wiki different to a blog?

Facebook◦ 1 in 3 UK residents◦ Join groups for your subject!!

Twitter◦ Micro-blogging◦ Follow organisations in your subject area

http://www.twitter.com http://search.twitter.com (Twitter search)

Social networking sites

Delicious◦ Save your favourites◦ Add tags to find sites easily◦ Access anywhere◦ Search other people’s Delicious sites◦ http://delicious.com/kxlcwkc◦ http://delicious.com

See also◦ http://digg.com

Collate/share resources

Why would you use this?

RSS=Really Simple Syndication Receive updates whenever a website adds

new content RSS Reader account

◦ Gmail comes with this!

How could RSS feeds help you?

RSS feeds

Create and edit documents without having program on your machine◦ Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Create a picture◦ Insert text, lines, images, shapes◦ Download as png, jpg, svg, pdf

Google Docs

Create an online survey◦ Design your questionnaire online◦ Email to whoever you choose◦ Results presented in a spreadsheet for you

Share documents with others ◦ Select who can view & who can edit

Google Docs

Skydrive◦ http://www.windowslive.co.uk/skydrive.aspx◦ 25gb of online storage

Wordle◦ http://www.wordle.net ◦ Create a Wordle for your essay...

Netvibes◦ http://www.netvibes.com◦ Online dashboard

Other useful tools

Few final links here

Get to know one of the web2.0 resources discussed

Practical exercises

Blogs Wikis

Delicious RSS feeds

Google Docs

How will you use web2.0? Would you like help with any of the resources

featured?

Summary

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