Web 2.0 & Education for IT Staff

WEB 2.0Are you ready?

AGENDA Discover Web 2.0

Explore Web 2.0

Dissect Web 2.0

THE CASE FOR WEB 2.0 Mike Wesch’s video:

A Vision of Students Today

Web 1.0

WELCOME TO WEB 2.0

Consumer Web

Web 2.0

Participant Web

Web 2.0 tools – http://go2web20.net

WEB 2.0 IN THE CLASSROOM

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT LEARNING A Day in the Life of Web 2.0

http://tech4learning.ca

ISSUES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS Appropriateness Safety

The IT Mandate

Content Filtering – A Technical Solution, not a Technical Decision

APPROPRIATENESS Educational decision Tools:

Content filtering Software selection Site selection

SAFETY Risks

Identity theft Predatory activities Fraud Cyber-bullying Malicious threats Phishing Pharming

THE I.T. MANDATE Security Reliability Scalability Sustainability

When I turn it on, it works.

Beware of over-reacting, but be true to mandate.

WHAT IS OUR WORK? Security

Cross-site scripting

JavaScript Worm

Network Security

FIREWALL Second Life

User needs to download client Perimeter firewall open inbound/outbound ports:

TCP 443 TCP 12043 TCP 12035 TCP 12036 UDP 13000-13050 Additional ports for voice features

VoiceThread Perimeter firewall open ports

RTMP port 1935 and 80 HTTP port 80

KNOW THE TOOLS CBE begun a list of social learning tools

Vulnerabilities Port requirements Mitigation strategies

Have the right conversation What impacts the IT mandate? What is an educational consideration?

IN CLOSING Mike Wesch’s video:

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us