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Web 2.0 Tool Encyclopedia

jwaddell — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:54:58 CDT

This page gives descriptions ofspecific name brand tools. For an overview of all tools, their features and pricing models click here.

Saywire - A complete set ofweb 2.0 tools for learning. Saywire's free service includes a private online community for your school or class.
Tools included are blogs, wikis, internal email, media hosting and organization, groups, friends and more. School's using Saywire find that their student's are more engaged in the learning process and therefore achieve better results. Saywire is first a academic and social networking environment and a learning management system second.

Moodle - An open source learning management system.

Elgg - An open source learning management system.

Skype - Tool that enables voice, video and text conversations on the web. Skype is particularly useful in reducing long distance phone call costs and recording conversations for podcasting and other uses.

Flickr - Photo sharing website that enable social activity such as taggingphotos.

Search engines - Software that enables people to search for specific items on the web. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask are a few of the most popular search engines.

Social networks - Online gathering and conversation spaces.

Facebook - Started in 2005 to help students on college campuses connect with each other Facebook is now open to anyone who would like to join. It is more utility focused and less advertising driven than MySpace. Facebook also allows other software developers to provide services on it's platform.

MySpace - Started as a destination for bands to connect with their audiences, MySpace has grown to be one of the most popular online social experiences. Participants can create blogs, chat, upload photos, videos and audio.

Diig

Diigo

Delicious

Technorati

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iPod - Apple's portable media player. This handheld device can store up to 80GB of music, photos, videos and documents. That's as much as some laptop computers. The iPod is known for it's stylish look and feel along with it's reliability and ease of use with Apple's iTunes.

iTunes - A free software distributed by Apple Corporation that enables people to purchase and download mainstream media including music and movies of all lengths. The software also serves as an RSS reader or aggregator, it enables us to subscribe to RSS feeds and keeps them organized. You can think of it as a 21st Century mailbox for audio and video content.

ClassScene - ClassScene is an online solution for schools to showcase, organize and archive all of the photos and videos that are being produced year after year in a safe, secure and controlled manner. It also provides a way to generate revenue back to your school.

Classroom

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:29:54 CDT

Welcome! This is Our Learning Moment.

This Wiki is an up to date living library of who's who and what's what in 21st Century Education goals, techniques and tools.

You can save time and effort by participating in this active online community of learners, educators, administrators, and parents.

We are creating the present and future state of the art learning experience, thank you for your participation and collaboration.

This destination is brought to you by Saywire.com, an academic and social networking learning environment.

Here are some useful pages in this wiki, feel free to create your own.

Thank you!
David Levesque
on behalf of Saywire.com

The content below this line is under construction.

This wiki is our central meeting place to plan and discuss assignments throughout the school year. Check back regularly to review any new announcements, review the syllabus, get tips from the study guides, and ask a question for other students or the instructor. Don't forget to see who's in the Student Spotlight this week!

Announcements	The Syllabus	Assignments
Student Spotlight	Study Guides	[add a new page and link to it here]

Tips for Building a Wiki:

Rename your home page to something more specific about your classroom
Add images and widgets (like YouTube videos and polls)
Invite other students to help! (Click on "Invite others" in the Page Toolbox)
Use person-to-person messages to stay in touch with your classmates and teacher.

Need more? Add graphics and flourishes that match your wiki design (they're free from Paint Splatters)

Saywire Review

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:57:37 CDT

Review of Saywire's Web 2.0 Learning Services

People: Students, Teachers, Admin, Parents eventually potential higher level schools & employers. K-20.
Objective: Provide a safe all in one environment for academic and social networking and collaboration.
Strategy: Password protected private online community supported by memberships.
Tools: Blogs, Wikis, Internal eMail, Groups, Friends, Photo, Audio, Video hosting, tagging, sharing, Saywires

On a scale of 1-5 please rate this tool. 5 being the highest rating. Please leave comments about this tool below the table. Thank you.

Criteria	David	Your review goes here
Grade level	K-20
Improves learning outcomes	4
Addresses needs of 21st Century Learners	4
Ease of use, small learning curve	4
Quick easy set-up	4
Customizable to learners/teachers needs and abilities	4
Engages learners	4
Cost	Free
Return on investment	5
Is being used in education	5
references	5
Case studies	1
Supports pedagogy 2.0	5
Safe	5
Private	5
Web based	5
Desktop based
School IT support needed
Company service & support	5
Windows/Mac	5
Supports sharing	5
Supports collaboration	5
Designed for learning	5

NING review

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:57:10 CDT

Review of NING's Social Networking Tools

People: Students, Teachers
Objective: Provide an environment for social networking.
Strategy: Public or privatecommunity supported by advertising or memberships. (NING has removed advertising from education related networks)
Tools: Blogs, Groups, Friends, Forums, Photo, Audio, Video hosting, tagging, sharing

On a scale of 1-5 please rate this tool. 5 being the highest rating. Please leave comments about this tool below the table. Thank you.

Criteria	David	Your review goes here
Grade level	5-20
Improves learning outcomes	2
Addresses needs of 21st Century Learners	2
Ease of use, small learning curve	3
Quick easy set-up	4
Customizable to learners/teachers needs and abilities	3
Engages learners	4
Cost	Free
Return on investment	3
Is being used in education	3
references	5
Case studies	2
Supports pedagogy 2.0	1
Safe	3
Private	4
Web based	5
Desktop based
School IT support needed
Company service & support	1
Windows/Mac	5
Supports sharing	5
Supports collaboration	2
Designed for learning	1

Tool review template

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:55:03 CDT

Here is How To use this template to review a tool you've found.

Click the EasyEdit tab.
Copy the contents of this page (you can use Ctl+A to select all and Ctl+C to copy)
Add a new page to the wiki
Click the EasyEdit tab on the new page
Paste the contents from this page by clicking Ctrl+V
Enter your name in a table column and edit the rating of the tool in the table according to the scale below.
Add any comments to your review below the table.

Review of NAME of TOOL (replace this with the tool name)

People: who uses the tool
Objective: what the tool does or accomplishes
Strategy: how the tool does this
Tools: features such as blogs, animation, wiki's, photo support etc..

On a scale of 1-5 please rate this tool. 5 being the highest rating. Please leave comments about this tool below the table. Thank you.

Criteria	Name	Your review goes here
Grade level
Improves learning outcomes
Addresses needs of 21st Century Learners
Ease of use, small learning curve
Quick easy set-up
Customizable to learners/teachers needs and abilities
Engages learners
Cost
Return on investment
Is being used in education
references
Case studies
Supports pedagogy 2.0
Safe
Private
Web based
Desktop based
School IT support needed
Company service & support
Windows/Mac
Supports sharing
Supports collaboration
Designed for learning

Tool reviews

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:11:58 CDT

Here are some base criteria for reviewing web 2.0 tools for learning. I look forward to your thoughts on adding or editing these criteria.

To review a tool, click on the tool page in the navigation window, or click here to see a list of tools that have begun the review process.

To contribute to this list, please add on to the bottom, edit an entry. We'll have to work on a way to prioritize this list, any ideas? One way would be a poll, another would be to make a copy of the list and order them the way you want and put your name next to it.

Web 2.0 Tool Review Criteria

Improves learning outcomes
Addresses needs of 21st Century Learners
Ease of use, small learning curve
Quick easy set-up
Customizable to learners/teachers needs and abilities
Engages learners
Cost
Return on investment
Is being used in education/references/case studies/research
Supports pedagogy 2.0
Safe
Private
Web based
Desktop based
School IT support needed
Company provides support and service
Windows & Mac compatible
Supports sharing
Supports collaboration
Designed for learning
Grade level

Podcasting Resources

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:51:46 CDT

This page overviews podcasting tool service providers including hardware and software for capturing, editing and publishing.
We've also listed popular podcast directories where you can submit your podcast so that it can be found by others.

Here is our wiki page for podcasters, people that podcast, in education.

Service Provider/Link	Focus	Private	Charge	Tools
Apple				Hardware, editing, hosting, publishing
Saywire				Hosting, Publishing, Statistics
ClickCast				Hosting, Publishing
Podango				Hosting, Publishing, Statistics
Podomatic
Blip.tv
Our Media
Elgg
Private server
Moodle
Talkshoe

Hardware providers
Apple

Podcast Directories
The Education Podcast Network
LearningOutLoud.com

Edu Bloggers

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:07 CDT

Name	Blog Title/Link	Focus	Grade	Sponsor	Email	Location
David Levesque	A Learning Moment	Pedagogy 2.0 Tools&Techniques	All	www.Saywire.com	david@saywire.com	Saratoga Springs, NY
Roy Romer	Roy's Blog on Schools	Education Legislation	All	www.edin08.com	info@EDin08.com
Scott Mcloud	Dangerously Irrelevant	Tech leadership & future of schools	Secondary Ed	Iowa State		Iowa
Steve Hargadon	Steve Hargadon	Integrating web 2.0 into education	K12	k12computers.com		CA
Nancy Willard	Nancy Willard's Weblog	Safe & responsible internet use	Grade	Self	nwillard@csriu.org	CA
Ashley Quark	Teaching & Learning 2.0	Integrating technology in the classroom	Grade	Self
Gary Stager	Stager-toGo	Education industry	K12	Self	gstager@districtadministration.com,
Rodd Lucier	The Clever Sheep - leading in new directions	Ed tech tools for schools	Grade	Self
Arthus	Newly Ancient	Learner view of education web 2.0 focus	Grade	Self		VT
Students 2.0	Students 2.0	Learner view of education web 2.0 focus	Grade	Self		World
Vicki Davis	CoolCatTeacher	Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm and the belief that teaching is noble calling.	Grade	Self		GA
Lee Wilson	The Education Business Blog	Education Business Marketing consultant		Headway Strategies	info@headwaystrategies.com
Gabriella Grosseck	Blog	Web 2.0 in education in Europe		Self	ggrosseck@socio.uvt.ro
Quinten D'Souza	TeachingHacks	Web 2.0 tools/use cases/great wiki	All	Self
Karl Fisch	The Fischbowl	Constructivism & 21st Century Learning	Grade	Self
Solution watch	Solution Watch	Web 2.0 blogger evaluates technology products	All	Solution Watch
Parry Aftab	Parry's Blog & Podcast	Internet Safety Lawyer's Perspective	All	Self		NY
List from ShiftHappens Wiki	List of Educational Bloggers		All	Self
List of Principles that blog	List of School Principles that blog		Admin	Self
List of Sponsored Education Bloggers	Sponsored educational bloggers		Government	District Administration Magazine
District Administration Magazine	The Pulse - Education's Place for K12 Debate	Big picture educational issues	Admin	District Administration Magazine
S.J. Brooks-Young	Web 2.0 & School Administrators	Web 2.0 in education	All	S.J. Brooks-Young Consulting
Read write web	Range of Technology Topics	Media company with some blogs about ed tech	All	ReadWriteWeb
Helene Blowers	School Library Learning 2.0	Course on Web 2.0 for teachers	Grade	California School Library Assoc.	helene.blowers@gmail.com	CA
Christian Long	Think Lab	Web 2.0 integration	Grade	Self		TX
Teachers 2.0	Teachers 2.0 tired of preparing kids for the industrial age	Education evolutions		Self

How to edit FAQ

WOMDavid — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:38:00 CDT

How To Join the Community?

Click the Join This Wiki button in the upper right hand corner.
This will bring you to a new page where you set-up your free Wetpaint account. Wetpaint is the company providing the service of hosting this wiki. Click sign up now.
Enter your account info.
Click join.
You will receive an email to confirm that you are a person and not a computer trying to create an account.
Click the link in the email to confirm.
Click sign in in the upper right hand corner.
That's it you are ready to start contributing and collaborating.

How to edit a page?

While you are on the page, click the Easy edit button in the upper left hand corner.
The EasyEdit toolbar pops-up at the top of the page. The tool bar enables text formating and emebedding of photos, tables and widgets.
Widgets are used to embed videos from youtube or other sources, as well as other content.
Now you can add, edit or delete text.
When you are done, click the save button in the EasyEdit Toolbar.
You will be asked to make a comment on what you accomplished during your editing session. Doing so will help the rest of the community understand the changes you made.

How To Edit Tables?

Click EasyEdit button.
Click on table and add text in the cells.
To add a row -
To add a column -
To resize a column - grab the little grey square at the top of the column

How To Add Videos?
Videos are added using the Widget tool from the EasyEdit Toolbar.

Click the widget tool, on the left side of the toolbar, just above the save button.
Choose the video hosting provider either YouTube or Google.
Search for the title of the video you are looking for.
Select the video and choose Add video in the bottom right.
The video will be embedded in the page.

How To Add A Page?

Go to the Home page, by clicking in the left hand section where all the pages are listed, this is called the navigation.
Click Add Page button at the bottom of the navigation window
Follow the pop-up directions.
To add page underneath an existing page, this is called a child page,
Click page in which subcategory belongs.
Click Add Page button below left hand column and follow directions.

How to re-order the pages in the navigation?

Click on the page you want to move.
Click the more tools link in the top right of the main section of the wiki.
Click the move page button.
Click the page you want to move your page under from the list that appears.
Click set page location.
If you want to move a page up or down, click "skip to page order"
Select the page you want to move, use the up and down buttons to re-order the page.

Web 2.0 Dictionary

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:04:18 CDT

This page is generic technology and tool terms.

Computer - A programmable machine. (TechTerms.com) In our context we will most often refer to computers that have human interfaces. i.e. your laptop, desktop or cell phone are computers designed to interact with people. The computer in your watch or car are not designed to interact with people.

Internet - Hardware that stores, serves and connects information between networked locations.
i.e. Computers, cables, modems and servers.

World Wide Web - Software that enables humans to interact with the Internet via computers all over the world.
i.e. Google is software program that providesan interface between humans and information storedon the Internet, it is therefore a part of the web.

Web 2.0 - Breed of web technologies and programs that enable mass participation, collaboration and customization. Web 2.0 is sometimes referred to as the read/write web. The term read/write comes from the ability to read information from the web and also write information to it.

Code - The information in a computer program that tells the computer what to do.
i.e. The Code is similar to food a recipe, it contains all of the information the computer needs to perform a task.

HTML - A computer code language used to create web pages, websites and tasks.
i.e. HTML is like the ingredients in a recipe, we put them together in different combinations to get the look, feel and taste of what we want. HTML is the code that creates the recipe to create web pages, sites and tasks. A task might be to create a link that opens an email program.

Program/Application - Container for all the computer code it takes to accomplish a task.
i.e. Your car is a container for all the parts that make it up and accomplish the task of automotive travel. Similarly, Microsoft Word is a program that contains all of the code that enables it to perform all of it's functions.

Web page - A single HTML document. i.e A web page is like a page in a book. Unlike a page in a book a web page can be different each time you visit it based on input from many sources, changes to the content, time of day, your login information, etcetera.

Web site - A collection of related and interconnected web pages published as a group. i.e. A website is similar to a book, the pages are related and published as a group in a container. The container for a website usually takes the form of it's address or URL. A website's container does not have physical dimensions.
Note: A book may reference other books and sometimes display their content, websites have this functionality as well.

URL - The address of an Internet location that tells people and computers where to find it. i.e. The Saywire URL is www.saywire.com
Note: The term URL has become so popular it is often pronounced as Earl, instead of saying each of the letters of the acronym.
i.e. What's your Earl (URL)?

Hyperlink - Click able location on a web page that sends the viewer to another location on that page or to another page. Click-able locations that perform a function like opening an email composition program are simply, links.

Server - A computer that provides storage, processing and serves information on the Internet or an internal network called a LAN or intranet.
i.e. Servers provide functions like restaurants who store, process and serve food.

Server side- A reference to activities that happen on servers instead of on local computers.
i.e. Server side computing is like going to a restaurant where they store and serve the food (Google). Desktop computing is like eating at home (Microsoft Office). One sometimes confusing thing about the web is that it is server side but feels like desktop computing.
The main benefit to server side computing is you, and anyone else you grant access to, can use it no matter what computer you are using as long as you have internet access. Another term commonly used to describe server side computing is cloud computing.

Software as a Service (SaaS) - A business model that involves providing access to software tools and support, usually through the internet. Other software business models include creating the software, selling it once and sending it in packages to customers. Under the SaaS model nothing gets shipped to the customer, they access the service through their computers and pay a monthly or annual fee instead of a one time purchase fee.

Embed - To insert code from one tool into another.
i.e. YouTube provides embed codes for each video so the video can appear in many different locations on the web at the same time.

RSS - Program that enables easy content distribution via subscription.
You probably have subscribed to magazines by calling or mailing in a request to receive them each time a new one is published.
RSS automates the subscription and delivery process of digital content, simplifying it to clicking one button.
i.e. Podcasts have RSS feeds so people and computers can subscribe and automatically receive new content when it is published.

Media - The word media has several conotations. Let's look at all of them here.
Media 1 - the information itself - a movie is media
Media 2 - tools used to store and deliver information - paper, film, thumb drives, hard drives are storage media, the web is a delivery medium.

The Media - mass media, radio, print, tv industry.

When does web media reach the state of mass media? If mass media is determined by number of participants consuming it we are there. Mass media is also determine by the style and purpose of the content. If content is designed for mass consumption and one way distribution it is mass media.

Multi-media - A mix of media print, photo, audio, video. In more recent times usage of the term multi-media refers to audio and video, I guess because text and photo are so common and not really considered to be more than basic.

Medium - Tool for transferring information. Air is a medium for sound travel. Saywire is a medium for building communities. An ipod is a medium for transferring photos, audio and videos.

New Media - The style, content and medium enabled by web 2.0 publishing and collaboration. see below. (wikipedia) Publishing mass media one way designed communications on the web is not new media. New Media is a style of communication characterized by collaboration and participation. I like to sometimes call it direct media because it is direct between people, does not go through the mediums of print, radio and TV.

Collaboration - two or more entities working together toward a common goal to create something better or new. (Wikipedia ) Analogy: Tom wrote a blog post, Sue added a comment, together they collaborated to create the full blog entry. Diane created a movie on a computer, the software program adjusted the colors, together they collaborated to create the final movie. Here is a list of Web 2.0 tools in order of ease of implementation.

Blog - Web entries published with blogging software. Blogging software provides easy, fast, and frequent web publishing and organization features. Organizational features include filing entries by category and date, enabling comments, search, and syndication. Blog entries can include text, photographs, audio, video and hyperlinks.

Wiki - Tool for easy group publishing, editing, collaboration and discussion.
Wiki Analogy: A wiki is like an electronic whiteboard that is available all of the time. Wiki tools also track who made changes and when as well as providing discussion areas and embeddable content support.

Instant Messaging/Chat/Txt Messaging/Chat rooms - Instant messaging tools support instant communication between two or more people. most chat tools support text only, others support audio and video as well. A chat room is environment where more than two people can chat so that others can participate.

Library - Where media assets are stored, organized and served.
Analogy: Similar to a school or public library, online libraries provide the storage, organization, search and display tools for media. Many times online libraries are called galleries and include photo, audio and video assets.

Podcast: Series of media assets distributed by RSS. Podcasts can distribute any of the 4 media assets - text, photo, audio, video.

Plug-in - An add-on to a software program. Usually designed to add functionality.
Example: Adobe provides the free flash player plug-in for web browsing software so the software can view flash formatted content.

Google docs - Google's online version of word processing, spredsheet and presentation programs. Similar to Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint respectively.

Virtual World - An online environment that mimics our physical world. While all activitiy online represents some part of our physical world, when we use the term virtual world we are typically referring to a 2D or 3D environment that has objects representing physical objects. i.e. This online document is in the virtual world of the World Wide Web but it does not have images of desks, chairs and people as a virtual world would have. Popular virtual world's incloude: Second Life,
Here is a link virtual worlds that are in development or existing, most targeted at youth.

Second Life - A 3D virtual world where residents create their own images, Avatars, and real estate.

Embed - To copy HTML from one website and paste it into another. Embedding is very common with videos and widgets.

Spam - Unsolicited and unwanted communications from someone else. Spam is a common problem in email and also exists in blog comments and other areas.

Widgets - Web based computer programs designed to accomplish one or two simple specific tasks. Some widgets track the weather or stock prices for you.

Social networking - Participating in online conversations. Social networking happens in many environments or communication mediums: chat rooms, forums, blogs, Twitter, discussion boards, communities and more.

Social networks - Network of people that interact on a regular basis. The term social network is also used to describe specific online environments like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Cookie - Information that your web browser keeps in memory as a record of what websites you visited and sometimes information that you entered into the website like your password. Cookies are helpful if you are often filling out forms, becuase they remember what you had previously entered.

Platform - Something to build on. In the software world a platform is program that enables people and computers to build on it.
Microsoft Word is a program designed for a specific task, it is not designed to be modified or adjusted to meet the needs of it's users.
Linux, Facebook and many other web 2.0 software programs are designed from the very beginning to allow the users of the software to modify it to meet their needs and build other programs on top of it that they can then sell as well. A software platform is like the foundation of your house or the frame of your car, it provides the base to build on.

Download - To move a file from a server on the internet to a local computer. Downloading is sometimes confused with installing. Installing is the process of moving a program from a CD or DVD or other source onto your computer and helping the computer recognize and set-up the program so it can be used.

Upload - The reverse of downloading, to upload something is to move it from a local computer to a server or internet connected computer.

Stream- As with a stream of water that flows by, streaming an audio or video file is the processing of watching or listening to the file as it goes by. The local computer is not storing the information for any longer than it takes for you to view it or watch it. YouTube and other video services like it are primarily streaming video services. Streaming is useful when the content owner does not want to allow users to download the content.

Content - Audio, video, text and photos.

Thread - A related line of conversation. A thread is a series of entries in a forum or discussion environment that are related.
For example, in a discussion forum on education there may be a thread on how to improve K-12 learning and another on best practices for using a certain technique or tool.

Users - People that use software programs. Engineers and Network administrators often ask, how many users did we have last week?
Referring to how many people used a certain tool.

Participants - Users that are active in dialogue or other forms of interaction. In the traditional model of software we could say how many people used a program (edited a document, created an image), now we want to know how many participated with others while using the the program, had a covnersation, bought something, added or edited an entry in a collaborative space.

Peer to Peer (P2P) - A computer network designed to leverage the power of the network by accessing computing power from many points in the network at the same time. Traditional networks consisted of a central computer that hosted all of the information and served it to computers that connected to it. In the peer to peer set-up many or all of the comuters in the network host the information and serve it as a group. This design makes the network more efficient by providing more power and back-up options.

Beta - A stage of product development. The term beta is usually applied to tell users of a software that it is still in development. This release some pressure from the developers when users find problems, they are more likely to be understanding and even provide feedback on what went wrong.

Virus - A computer program that spreads by itself. The term virus is usually used when talking about programs are designed to do harm to a computer system. Virus programs can also be designed for good purposes.

Viral - Something that designed to spread. Viral videos are created to be interesting and unique enough to cause the viewers to share them with their friends. Saying something is viral is like saying it has a strong word of mouth essence about it.

Broadband - A high speed internet connection. Since internet speed is measured in bandwidth, broadband means more bandwidth than a dial-up connection. Since the speed (bandwidth) is always increasing we do not put a number with the term broadband, we simply say it's faster than dial-up or 56kbps (kilobytes per second).
You could say the state highway (65 miles per hour) is the broadband of the transportation industry where the back roads are dial-up (35 miles per hour).

VOIP (Voice over internet protocol) - The technology that enables phone calls on the internet instead of the phone system.
Skype and Vonage are two popular VOIP service providers.

Captcha - A small computer program that displays a message and requires the user to input the message into an entry box. The captcha tool is used to make sure that it is a person and not a software program that is trying to access something on a computer.

Open Source - A licensing method that allows others to modify your creations.
Linux is a software that uses and open source license. This form of licensing encourages other to add more value to the product or service.

Technology - Group of elements that when put together perform a function.

Tags - Descriptive words that become connected with a piece of media. Tags can be connected to a blog entry, a photo or any media content by the author or by other participants.

Tagging - the activity of adding tags to content.

Keywords - Descriptive words that summarize the contents of a piece of media for the purpose of making it easy to find in a search of the words. Website designers use keywords in the background of the site so that when someone types that word into a search engine the website can be found. This process is known as a search engine optimization.

Search engine - A software program that creates an index of web content and provides a method of searching the index via keywords and phrases.

Avatar - Digital representation of a person.

Webcast - Live or recorded audio or video that is streamed from the web.

Webconference - Live conference on the web. Webconfrences can include two way text, audio, video and collaboration space.

Blog - Web publishing software tool designed for quick, easy and frequent publishing.

Chat - Software tool designed to enable instant text based communication on the web.

Podcast - A series of audio or video messages that are subscribable via RSS.

Portfolio - Group of organized media assets, photos, videos and other creations like games or software programs.

User Generated Content (UGC) - A general term referring to all content that is not created by traditional mediaor software companies.
A software company may publish a program with content in it, this is not user generated content.

MP3 - The most widely used digital audio file format. MP3's can be music, spoken word or any kind of audio.

MP3 player - Device that plays MP3 files. Most cell phones, PDA's, game devices and even cars can play MP3 files today.

Operating System -

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Learning 2.0 Encyclopedia

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:14:01 CDT

This page is designed to flow in a logical order for learning. It is not alphabetical.

Pedagogy 2.0 Definition: Teaching strategy using web 2.0 concepts.
Analogy: If pedagogy 1.0 is teaching students what to eat, then pedagogy 2.0 is providing the system for them to self discover how to select and grow their own food.

In pedagogy 2.0 the teacher becomes a learning facilitator putting students at the center of the learning experience. At first this may seem very daunting, with the tools and systems available today it is being achieved. Learning Facilitators create outcomes withlearners and then providethe support system to achieve the outcomes through active learning. Assessment:The ability to demonstrateset outcomes were achieved, explain why they were not and evaluate your own learning process.

Support material: Video of pedagogy 2.0 in practice - Watch Video

What does a pedagogy 2.0 class feel like, look like, and achieve?

Pedagogy 2.0 classes feel like cooperative learning environments as shown in the video above,thisis similar to the on the job training studentswill experience when they have full time jobs. The classes look more like a team huddle than a military drill. Pedagogy 2.0 classes achieve customized learning experiences, more engaged and higher achieving students, team based learning and the ability for teachers to focus on learners needs while the system and technology handle the repetitive tasks.

Foundational Web 2.0 Lingo

Computer - A programmable machine. (TechTerms.com) In our context we will most often refer to computers that have human interfaces. i.e. your laptop, desktop or cell phone are computers designed to interact with people. The computer in your watch or car are not designed to interact with people.

Internet - Hardware that stores, serves and connects information between networked locations.
i.e. Computers, cables, modems and servers.
Use case: We log on to the web to access information which is carried around and stored by the hardware of the Internet.
Analogy: We can think of the Internet as the physical highway - pavement, guardrails, lines, signs, etc.., cars are like the web they enable us to use the highway, and people that are carried in the cars represent the information that is carried around the network.

World Wide Web - Software that enables humans to interact with the Internet via computers all over the world.
i.e. Google is software program that providesan interface between humans and information storedon the Internet, it is therefore a part of the web.

Web 2.0 - Breed of web technologies and programs that enable mass participation, collaboration and customization.

Definition 2 - A set of economic, social and technology trends that collectively form the basis for the next generation of the web. A more mature, distinctive medium characterized by user participation, collaboration, openness and network effects. (adapted partly fromO'Reilly report)
i.e. An example of web 2.0 principles is that participants from all over the world will add value to this encyclopedia by continuously updating the amount, accuracy of the content. We'll also learn from and teaching each other, this was not possible even 10 years ago.

Support material: See evidence of how these trends are effecting every aspect of civilization in the book Wikinomics - How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott.

Short video about WIkinomics in Educaton by the Author of Wikinomics.

Wikinomics - The economics of mass collaboration via web based tools. A wiki is a web website publishing tool designed to enable improvements through collaboration. Wikinomics creates a fundamental shift in value from a "proprietary" style of business to a "common good" style.

Example 1. As an an example, Wikipedia, the most popular implementation of a wiki, has created ina global encyclopedia in 5 years that is larger and more up to date than Encyclopedia Britanica, who has been in business for 100 years. Example 2. More video content was published to YouTube in 6 months of 2007 than CBS created in 50 years of content creation and broadcasting. Value is shifted from the old model of aggregating, qualifying and publishing information to the new model of supporting these activities by the masses and creating the most relevant access tool for achieving the results these activities enable.

Learning - Process of collecting and connecting information to form memory networks in the brain, physical and emotional parts of our being.
i.e. Mental learning: 1 + 1 = 2
Emotional learning: Achieving my goals creates happy emotional state.
Physical learning: Training my index finger to typeH on the keyboard saves time.

Wisdom - Knowing when to apply what you've learned. Wisdom is the result of decision making for the best possible result in any situation.

Learning 2.0 -Learning resulting in learners who understand why and how to learn in any situation. Fundamentally, learning 2.0 is the way we learn best and is now capable of being customized and applied to the masses through the use of pedagogy 2.0 and web 2.0.
Learning 2.0 involves learner will power, self understanding and motivation. (connotation and metacognition)

Example 1. Learning 1.0 Bob and Steve form a study group at Steve's home on Tuesday.
Learning 2.0 Bob and Steve form a study group on the school social network where everyone can participate when they are available.

Example 2. Learning 1.0 teacher stands in front of class talking at the students, at a level that resonates with most of the class to achieve the best average group outcome. Learning 2.0 teacher sets goals and leverages technology and social interactions so each student can learn at the pace that works for them.

Support material: Video of social effects of learning and how we learn, click here to watch video.

Link to Learning 2.0 in Inside Higher Ed.

Pedagogy - Teaching strategy.
Example:Teacher stands in front of a class, presenting information to students at desks, assigning homework, and assessing their understanding of the material via pen and paper style tests. Note: Doing the same style of information presentation and testing on a computer is not pedagogy 2.0

Rubric - Scoring tool for subjective grading.

Grading - Method of evaluating student performance based on pre-determined standards.

Teaching - Preparing learning outcomes and implementing systems that create the outcomes.
i.e. The students will learn the concepts of web 2.0 (outcomes), the support system will include the students desire to learn, the material, the learning facilitator, and the assessment - demonstration that you understand the terms.

Teaching 2.0 - Implementing Pedagogy 2.0.
i.e.The support system includes desire to learn, the teacher prepared material, the student researched and created material, the learning facilitator, an editable platform to explore and communicate with facilitators, and the assessment - ability to design and teach a class on web 2.0.
Content and Assessment may include - mental, physical and emotional evolution (growth), i.e. teaching a whole human being.

Assessment 2.0 - method of evaluating student performance of applying knowledge in real world situations.

? Is this how Waldorf, Home and Montessori education is designed? Per the Why Waldorf works website they say the outcomes are cultivating social and emotional intelligence, ignites passion for lifelong learning, connects children to nature. A review of their process reveals what seems to be a very student centered approach, focusing on the phases of human development instead of test scores related to age. What is their pedagogy?

Student centered teaching - Teaching with the needs of the student as the top priority.
Support material: 20th century public education models were designed to optimize teacher and system performance. 21st century models are designed to optimize student performance, a core tenant of these models is conative teaching and self guided learning where the teacher becomes a facilitator of student, peer and technology activities to achieve outcomes that meet student's needs.

Self guided/regulated learning - Process of self determining outcomes and pedagogy while analyzing progress and making adjustments.
Support material: Educause podcast on metacognition and self regulated learning

Conative teaching - Pedagogy that leverages the learner's will, passion and motivation.
Support material: By answering the question why conative teaching motivates learners.
Research paper

Metacognition - is the knowledge (i.e. awareness) of one's cognitive processes and the efficient use of this self-awareness to self-regulate these cognitive processes (e.g. Brown, 1987; Niemi, 2002; Shimamura, 2000). This idea was founded in 1978. (Wikipedia )

Short list of Tech terms

Code - The information in a computer program that tells the computer what to do.
i.e. Similar to instructions in a recipe.

HTML - A computer code language used to create web pages, websites and tasks.
i.e. HTML is like the ingredients in a recipe, we put them together in different combinations to get the look, feel and taste of what we want. In this case the recipe is designed to create web pages, sites and tasks. A task might be to create a link that opens an email program.

Program/Application - Container for all the computer code it takes to accomplish a task.
i.e. Your car is a container for all the parts that make it up and accomplish the task of automotive travel. Similarly, Microsoft Word is a program that contains all of the code that enables it to perform all of it's functions.

Web page - A single HTML document. i.e A web page is like a page in a book. Unlike a page in a book a web page can be different each time you visit it based on input from many sources, changes to the content, time of day, your login information, etcetera.

Web site - A collection of related and interconnected web pages published as a group. i.e. A website is similar to a book, the pages are related and published as a group in a container. The container for a website usually takes the form of it's address or URL. A website's container does not have physical dimensions.
Note: A book may reference other books and sometimes display their content, websites have this functionality as well. i.e. Saywire enables embedding of html code so participants can include content from other websites like videos and programs.

URL - The address of an Internet location that tells people and computers where to find it. i.e. The Saywire URL is www.saywire.com
Note: The term URL has become so popular it is often pronounced as Earl, instead of saying each of the letters of the acronym.
i.e. What's your Earl (URL)?

A URL could point to a web page or an Internet location that does not have web attributes.

Hyperlink - Click able location on a web page that sends the viewer to another location on that page or to another page. Click-able locations that perform a function like opening an email composition program are simply, links.

Server - A computer that provides storage, processing and serves information on the Internet or an internal network called a LAN or intranet.
i.e. Servers provide functions like restaurants who store, process and serve food.

Server side - A reference to activities that happen on servers instead of on local computers.
i.e. Server side computing is like going to a restaurant where they store and serve the food (Google). Desktop computing is like eating at home (Microsoft Office). One sometimes confusing thing about the web is that it is server side but feels like desktop computing.
The main benefit to server side computing is you, and anyone else you grant access to, can use it no matter what computer you are using as long as you have internet access. Another term commonly used to describe server side computing is cloud computing.

Embed - To insert code from one tool into another.
i.e. YouTube provides embed codes for each video so the video can appear in many different locations on the web at the same time.

RSS - Program that enables easy content distribution via subscription.
You probably have subscribed to magazines by calling or mailing in a request to receive them each time a new one is published.
RSS automates the subscription and delivery process of digital content, simplifying it to clicking one button.
i.e. Podcasts have RSS feeds so people and computers can subscribe and automatically receive new content when it is published.

RSS Educational use:

Benefit: Advantage Features Saywires media library:

Assignment example:

Rubric:

Real world uses:

Support Material: Analogy Benefit Advantage Features

Educational use: Assignment example

Rubric Real world uses:

Media

Media - The word media has several conotations. Let's look at all of them here.
Media 1 - the information itself - a movie is media
Media 2 - tools used to store and deliver information - paper, film, thumb drives, hard drives are storage media, the web is a delivery medium.

The Media - mass media, radio, print, tv industry.

When does web media reach the state of mass media? If mass media is determined by number of participants consuming it we are there. Mass media is also determine by the style and purpose of the content. If content is designed for mass consumption and one way distribution it is mass media.

Multi-media - A mix of media print, photo, audio, video. In more recent times usage of the term multi-media refers to audio and video, I guess because text and photo are so common and not really considered to be more than basic.

Medium - Tool for transferring information. Air is a medium for sound travel. Saywire is a medium for building communities. An ipod is a medium for transferring photos, audio and videos.

New Media - The style, content and medium enabled by web 2.0 publishing and collaboration. see below. (wikipedia) Publishing mass media one way designed communications on the web is not new media. New Media is a style of communication characterized by collaboration and participation. I like to sometimes call it direct media because it is direct between people, does not go through the mediums of print, radio and TV.

Collaboration - two or more entities working together toward a common goal to create something better or new. (Wikipedia ) Analogy: Tom wrote a blog post, Sue added a comment, together they collaborated to create the full blog entry. Diane created a movie on a computer, the software program adjusted the colors, together they collaborated to create the final movie. Here is a list of Web 2.0 tools in order of ease of implementation.

Blog - Web entries published with blogging software. Blogging software provides easy, fast, and frequent web publishing and organization features. Organizational features include filing entries by category and date, enabling comments, search, and syndication. Blog entries can include text, photographs, audio, video and hyperlinks.

Educational uses: Critical & creative thinking and writing. Tracking progress over time, finding an audience and providing a feedback loop for the author to interact with their audience.

Example assignment: Learners write twice a week about how they feel about a class and how it can be improved.
Example blog: from a customer/student

Blog Rubric: Blog quality is based on quality of the writing, adherence to topic, audience engagement and uniqueness.
In education we measure how often did the learner write, what was the quality of the writing, did they use new media style writing to engage the audience in a conversation.What reading level is the writing and does it match the intended audience reading level? Link to China kids doc
Benefits: Easy frequent publishing, low implementation and maintenance cost
Advantages: No paper, creates a search-able history of writing, can be viewed and edited from any Internet connection.
Features: Managed access (passwords for editing and viewing), Feedback (comments), Syndication (RSS), Built-in content filtering, Search, Supports embedding html code including photo, audio, video and other applications.

Support material: Saywire's Blogs, Teacher's using blogs, students using blogs.

Real world uses: Blogs are a strong search engine promotional tool because they provide the framework for search engine optimization or SEO. SEO is based on 4 factors: frequently updated related content, incoming and outgoing links (popularity), time and structure of the website. Blogs meet all of these criteria by design and the way people use them. Related words: Post, Comment, Entry, RSS, Plugin, Wordpress, Blogger

Wiki - Tool for easy group publishing, editing, collaboration and discussion.
Wiki Analogy: A wiki is like an electronic whiteboard that is available all of the time. Wiki tools also track who made changes and when as well as providing discussion areas and embeddable content support.
Educational use: Collaboration, project management, organizing information

Example assignment: Learners write their group science report using the wiki. They can include photos, audio, video and links to the resources they used to create the report. The old method was to use a desktop based word processing program that was only accessible on one computer at a time, it did not track who made what additions and changes and could not embed active content like audio, video or other media. Furthermore, it did not become part of a larger library of organized information.

Wiki examples: Student based, teacher based, school based

Wiki Rubric: Wiki quality is fundamentally based on accuracy of the information, since it is a tool designed to evolve knowledge to the point of truth. In the classroom however we score based on: Accuracy, teamwork, creative uses, participation, writing, presentation, attractiveness.

Support Material: Wiki rubric pdf from Read Write Think.

Wiki Benefits: Easy frequent group publishing, low implementation and maintenance cost
Wiki Advantages: Tracks changes, No paper, creates a search-able history of writing, accessible from any Internet connection
Wiki Features: Discussion management tool, Managed access (passwords for editing and viewing), Feedback (comments), Syndication (RSS), Search, Supports embedded code

Wiki Support material: Saywire's Wiki, Student wiki, Teacher wiki
Real world wiki uses: Wikis are being used in the workplace to create collaborative documents that are alive, they grow and evolve over time. As the pace of change continues to increase and workforces are more spread out there is tremendous advantage to having easily editable and accessible documents from anywhere with with an Internet connection.

i.e. A motorcycle assembly company that works with many suppliers in China are using wiki's to co-create agreements, work processes and even designs. Using wikis and other online collaboration tools they greatly reduce travel time and costs while increasing their rate of product improvement and customer service. (more info in Wikinomics)

Instant Messaging/Chat/Txt Messaging/Chat rooms - Instant messaging tools support instant communication between two or more people. most chat tools support text only, others support audio and video as well. A chat room is environment where more than two people can chat so that others can participate.

IM Analogy: Using a chat tool is akin to being on a phone call where to or more people can join in the conversation. Text based chat is often used while multitasking. Unlike a phone call where you expect an immediate response from the other person, chat conversations are often spread out over time while the participants engage in other activities.

Educational uses: The science study group meets at 6 pm on Tuesday night, those who can get together in the same room do so, those who cannot travel attend via a chat room. Use chat to hold a conversation between audience members of a presentation while the presentation is going on. This is popular in professional development circles and valuable for the participants because they can learn and share their thoughts while the connections are being made, it's like group note taking.

Benefits: Save time, increase participation, keep record of conversations, fun way to make friends and learn about each other Advantages: Shift time and space, support group conversations, easy to use Features: Instant text, audio, video communication, file sharing, export session results to email, html or word documents, embed links

Chat Assignment example: Use chat to hold a group discussion to brainstorm and prioritize topics for global warming project.

Chat Rubric: Fundamentally chat is a communication tool that saves time by allowing instant communication from anywhere. With Saywire's chat feature we can review students chat entries to see how effectively and collaboratively they were communicating. Ultimately the true measure of success is if they were able to get more done in less time and learn how to use the tool effectively.

Real world uses: Chat is commonly used in business when two people are working on separate parts of the same project and need to keep each other informed of progress or teach each other something.

Support Material: Popular public tools - AOL instant messenger (AIM), Meebo, Skype, iChat

Library - Where media assets are stored, organized and served. Analogy: Similar to a school or public library, online libraries provide the storage, organization, search and display tools for media. Many times online libraries are called galleries and include photo, audio and video assets.

Saywire libraries provide all of these services as well as allowing participation with the media including uploading, downloading, sending it to a friend (sharing),tagging (writing short descriptive notes about it). Interestingly online libraries don't usually include text media as this is a given of the overall medium and text is searched categorized and shared in most every other tool.

Educational use:

Benefit: Advantage Features Saywires media library: Assignment example: Rubric: Real world uses: Support Material:

Podcast: Series of media assets distributed by RSS. Podcasts can distribute any of the 4 media assets - text, photo, audio, video. Analogy: A magazine is a is series of published documents distributed via the mail to people that have subscribed. Similarly an email newsletter is a series of messages distributed via email to people that have subscribe to receive them. Common misnomers: Not to be confused with webcasts. Most podcasts are webcasted by not all webcasts are podcasted, either because they are not a series or they are not subscribable via RSS.

Educational use:

Benefit: Advantage Features Saywires media library: Assignment example:

Rubric: Real world uses:

Support Material:

Support Material: More geek speak, you won't need when using Saywire, that may be helpful in other places.

Plug-in - An add-on to a software program. Usually designed to add functionality.
Example: Adobe provides the free flash player plug-in for web browsing software so the software can view flash formatted content.

Google docs - Google's online version of word processing, spredsheet and presentation programs. Similar to Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint respectively.

Tools & Providers

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:11:00 CDT

Web 2.0 platforms

Designed for schools

Blogs

Wikis

Social Networking

Media Hosting Photo, Audio, Video

Media Linking & Embedding Photo, Audio, Video

Chat/IM

Podcasting

Whiteboard

Coursework

Recording

Collaboration

Revenue

Saywire

Memberships

NING

Advertising/Premium Services

Elgg

Audio collaboration

Talkshoe

Advertising/Premium Services

Skype

Premium service

Voice Thread

Wikis = collaboration

Wikispaces

y (P,A,V)

Advertising

Curriki

Google docs

similar

Advertising

Blogs = Self/Peer Publishing

Edublogs

21classes

y (P,V)

Video publishing

Youtube

Schooltube

Advertising/Premium Services

Blip.tv

Revver

uStream

qik

Photo Publishing

Flickr

LMS

Angel

Moodle

Blackboard

Wimba

Edmodo

Other support tools

Elluminate

Twitter

Facebook

Digg

Delicious

Gaggle

AIM

Meebo

Google Docs

skrbl

Google maps

MindMapping

Marici

Mind-mapping

Desktop sharing

gotomeeting

weboffice

yugma

Desktop publishing

Slideshare

publish, share slideshows

Scribd

publish, share word docs

Palbee

desktop video conferencing and presentation sharing

Web enhanced instruction

Learning.com

Scratch

Visual programing environment

Quia.com

Not on the test video

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:43:58 CDT

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wiki questions

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:23:09 CDT

This is the page to write any questions or problems. Let's keep a running tally of any challenges we have.

4-25-08 DL - I noticed that the YouTube videos are showing up as a blank white box. I looked in the wetpaint forums for help but did not find any answers.

4-29-08 I'm trying to figure out how to add a new to do item, when i click the new tab, it just shows the existing ones

EdTech Research

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:59:57 CDT

Name/Link	Focus	Year	Sponsor	Contact
The Horizon Report	Trends with Significant impact on education	2007
2008 National Trends report	Ed Tech Integration	2008	SETDA
Edin08 - A Stagnant Nation	Report card on American Schools	2008	Edin08

Education Associations

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:53 CDT

Name/Link	Focus	Sponsor	Contact
NAIS - Nat'l Assoc for Independant Schools
I STE - Int'l Society for Tech in Ed
Nat'l School Boards Assoc.
AASA - American Assoc. of School Administrators
NMC - New Media Consortium	New Media in Education		nancy@nmc.org
Educause	Advance higher educations through intelligent use of information technology		corp@educause.edu 303-449-4430
Edutopia	What works in Public Education	George Lucas Educational Foundation	415-662-1600
AACTE - American Assoc. of Colleges for Teacher Education	Quality preparation & development for PK-12		202) 293-2450
NACOL - North American Council for Online Learning	Fostering a learning landscape that promotes student success & lifelong learning	William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	(703) 752-6216
ALA - American Library Assoc.	Promote highest quality library information and information services public access to information		1-800-545-2433
IASL - Int'l. Assoc. of School Librarianship	Forum for promoting effective school library media programs.
American Federation of Teachers	Represent the Social & Proff. interests of classroom teachers
NEA - National Education Assoc.	Great public schools for every child.		1-800-637-4636
TURN - Teachers Union Reform Network	Promote consistently higher levels of student achievement		585-546-2681 urbanski@rochesterteachers.com
SETDA - State Educational Tech. Directors Assoc.	Improve student achievement through technology	Large Tech Companies	410-647-2434

Online Communities

WOMDavid — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:32:33 CDT

Name	Focus	Sponsor	Contact
A Learning Moment	EdTech Social networking, collaboration, resources	Saywire	david@saywire.com
Classroom 2.0	EdTech Social Networking	NING	hargadon@gmail.com
World Bridges	Global Community of Homegrown Webcasting	Worldbridges
CyberAngels - Keeping it Safe	Cyber Safety Resources
We are teachers	The Knowledge Marketplace		bcarlton@weareteachers.com
Currwiki	Curriculum Wiki & Community	Nortel
Apple Learning Interchange	Social Network for Educators - Content Creation, Showcase, Sharing	Apple
Google for Educators	Updates & resources for Google's tools	Google

Don Tapscott on Wikinomics in Education

WOMDavid — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:50:01 CDT

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Social Networking: Video explanation and conversation

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Education's Mass Media Publications

WOMDavid — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:02:21 CDT

Name/Link	Focus	Target Audience	Phone	email
Edutopia
eSchoolNews
HotChalk
NetSmartz
TechLearning
Education World
School Library Journal

A Learning Moment...this is it! - Recently Updated Pages

Web 2.0 Tool Encyclopedia

Classroom

Announcements

The Syllabus

Assignments

Student Spotlight

Study Guides

Saywire Review

NING review

Tool review template

Tool reviews

Podcasting Resources

Edu Bloggers

How to edit FAQ

Web 2.0 Dictionary

Learning 2.0 Encyclopedia

Tools & Providers

Not on the test video

wiki questions

EdTech Research

Education Associations

Online Communities

Don Tapscott on Wikinomics in Education

Social Networking: Video explanation and conversation

Education's Mass Media Publications