My top 8 web2.0 technologies (ish)
26 10 2006At the end of November I am giving a keynote in Derbyshire on ‘using web2.0 in the classroom’, it is a 45minute slot and I have decided that I will not be using powerpoint or keynote, I will run the presentation from either this blog or from my del.icio.us account. Given that I have 45minutes I thought I would spend 5 minutes looking at 8 different technologies, so my first question is which 8.
At present this is my list:
1 - Blogs
2 - RSS feeds and aggregators, including NewsGator and Bloglines
3 - Del.icio.us
4 - Wikis, inlcuding Google Docs and Wikispaces
5 - Flickr
6 - Technorati
7 - Podcasts
8 - Skype
I know they are not all web2.0 technologies, I guess I am moving towards social and collaborative technologies in general. Anyone have any thoughts on this list, anything you think should be included and if so what gets the boot?
Would go with all of those - I’m a bit ignorant still regarding technorati, it’s a gap in my knowledge that I need to fill. One that you might want to add though is microsoft QnA (http://qna.live.com/). I’ve been experimenting a bit with my form and I think it has got lots of potential in an educational setting. I’m exchanging emails and phone calls with their program manager to discuss how it could be made more suitable for schools - interesting times! More info at http://blogofmrc.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/windows-live-qna/, I’ve also added it to the Shropshire ICT wiki.
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I’d add many Google Maps mashups to that list - things like Community Walk and Zooomr (which appears to be down at the mo) have enormous educational potential through the social, sharing and creative aspects. The cynic in me would challenge technorati as a particularly useful technology for education - I’m probably missing something seems to me that it’s more of a “look at me Mum” means of getting bloggers together for a hugfest, rather than a means of educating our kids. I need convincing, I’m sure - we need to get together for a beer so you can enlighten me.
Interesting that collaborative gaming isn’t on your list - would Second Life count as Web 2.0 or is there some other arbitrary line in the sand for this kind of technology? It still represents a social and collaborative medium through which learners can build their own understanding from appropriate stimuli, and I suspect that the exciting “old faithfuls” of blog and wiki will become known as dry first generation collaborative technologies when the next thing comes along (it might look like this).