Session notes: A Bright Idea: Shedding Light on Web 2.0 Applications

Kathy Schrock, Kathy Schrock's Guide/Nauset Schools

Links referenced: http://kathyschrock.net/web20/
Kathy Schrock’s recent presentations: http://kathyschrock.net/appearances.htm
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Futures/serim.html
http://webdesign.about.com/od/web20/a/aa021306.htm
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/07/embracing_web_20_in.html
Vocabulary – AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
Ability to share, connect, and create with many, many others of like minds and interests
Educators need:
A way to find others with same professional interests
www.43things.com
http://del.icio.us/– a social bookmarking site
to join groups and collaborate – Wiki
Wikis in the classroom –
Jot Spot http://www.jot.com/– from google – a free wiki hosting service
Pageflakes – make your own pages
Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/ – online schematic floorplan/graphic organizer
Bubbl.us - http://bubbl.us/ – brainstorming and concept-mapping
Share evaluated resources
Zoho Creator – http://creator.zoho.com/index.jsp?targetURL=%2Fhome.do - online database-creation tool
Public or private databases; Can allow others to add/edit; Includes a read-only URL for users
Slide share – http://slideshare.com
FURL - http://www.furl.net/ saves a copy of a page from the web
Zamzar – http://www.zamzar.com/ file conversion tool
Writeboard – http://www.writeboard.com/ collaborate on writing
Skype - http://www.skype.com/ $14.95 a month; web conferencing tool
Skrbl – http://skrbl.com/ online interactive whiteboard