CHAPTER 1 THE READ/WRITE WEB Marquita Friend Resa Garvin October 17, 2012 EDUC 303

"THE READ/ WRITE WEB"  The World Wide Web was developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee  He wanted to make it a collaborative medium, a place where we could all meet and read and write  In the beginning, the Internet was just a network of computers that researchers and government officials used to share text and data

"A NEW WORLD WIDE WEB"  In the beginning of the 20th century writing to the Web required knowledge of the HTML codes that make Web pages work  However, in 2003, a study conducted by a Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 53 million American Adults used the Internet to publish their thoughts  In 2007, another Pew study found that 64% of teens used the Internet to create content  In 2009, over 133 million blogs were listed on the web  In 2009, over 20 hours' worth of videos were being uploaded to YouTube each minute

"EXTRAORDINARY CHANGES" Web technologies have created a "tectonic shift" in the world by creating the potential for connections in ways that were simply not possible years ago Recently, businesses have begun exploring the use of Weblogs, Wikis, and even Twitter for purposes such as public relations, customer service, and internal communications IBM, one of the most successful companies in the world, is currently running over 20,000 internal Wiki sites, 26,000 blogs and over 400,000 of it's employees are currently participating in an internal company networking site.

"TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX EXAMPLES" o Weblogs- Easily created and update able Web sites that allow an author to instantly publish to the Internet from any Internet connection. They can also be interactive and help people to communicate and collaborate on projects. o Wikis- A collaborative Web space where anyone can add or edit content that has already been published. o Really Simple Syndication (RSS)- Technology that allows educators to subscribe to feeds of the content that is created on the Internet. The content comes to the reader instead of the reader retrieving the content. o Social Bookmarking- Bookmarking sites allows users to save and archive entire pages, creating a "personal Internet"

“TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX EXAMPLES” (CONT’D) o Online Photo Galleries- Publishing digital photos to the Web to share with family and friends. o Audio/ Video Casting- Students can begin to create live streaming TV online. Users are able to publish and distribute digital voice and video files and distribute them to wide Internet audiences. o Networking site for ordinary people as well as celebrities. A powerful tool to share content and professional development opportunities. o Social Networking Sites- Sites created to help people stay in contact with families and friends. The most popular sites are Facebook, Instagram and MySpace.

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