Web True Interactivity at Last? Eric Baber Royal Holloway, University of London Any questions/comments?

“Second generation of the World Wide Web” Term first popularised in 2004 by O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International when used as conference title Web 1.0: a medium. Web 2.0: a platform. Any questions/comments? Web 2.0

Means of connecting people, allowing them to discover others with similar interests Community-building tools such as, Frappr, Facebook, YahoogroupsFrappr FacebookYahoogroups Leads to communities such as Webheads, ExtremeTechnoELTWebheads ExtremeTechnoELT Any questions/comments? Social phenomenon

Content creation no longer domain of individuals or organisations (e.g. lecturers, publishers) Collaborative content-creation and sharing is key: Wikipedia, Writely, Flickr, del.icio.usWikipediaWritelyFlickrdel.icio.us Any questions/comments? Content revolution

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Back One of many blog hosts Allows individual students and teachers to set up their own blogs (‘weblogs’) Can be used for disseminating information/ ideas, practising writing, reflective learning… Readers can comment on blog entries and other comments E.g: Anne Fox, Y.H.Chen, Leylop’s blogAnne FoxY.H.ChenLeylop’s blog Any questions/comments?

Back One of many RSS readers (‘aggregators’) Allows a user to ‘subscribe’ (free) to a blog or other RSS-enabled website Informs you of updates to the blogs/ websites to which you’re subscribed Means you can save a LOT of time by not visiting sites with no new content E.g: Bloglines, SharpReader, FeedDemonBloglinesSharpReaderFeedDemon Any questions/comments?

Back Wikis are webpages which can be edited by anyone, i.e. completely collaborative Excellent for project work, joint document creation/editing… Good for creating resource banks E.g. Lesson Plans, Teaching Activities, Reference Wiki for Blogs in EFLLesson PlansTeaching Activities Reference Wiki for Blogs in EFL Any questions/comments?

Back Podcasts are audio files that can be downloaded via RSS Podcasts can be saved on computer, MP3 player, burned onto CD for later listening Good for listening practice, especially when accompanied by exercises E.g. Aiden Yeh’s Speech Class, PadPodAiden Yeh’s Speech ClassPadPod Any questions/comments?

Back Ajax: Technology which allows one/more users to easily create/manipulate a webpage No software needed by user other than normal browser Very user-friendly and quick E.g. Google Page Creator, Windows LiveGoogle Page CreatorWindows Live Any questions/comments?

In terms of technology, certainly one step closer - abundance of tools for sharing & collaborating In terms of actual use, still limited by fascination with and ignorance of technology Potential misuse/underuse of tools (e.g. blogs, podcasts) Danger that new tools limit our flexibility because we lose sight of … → Any questions/comments? True interactivity at last?

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