This document provides an overview of various read/write web tools including blogs, wikis, Facebook, Flickr, Ning, podcasts, RSS, screencasts, social bookmarking, and Twitter. For each tool, it lists a definition, potential applications, pros, cons, and examples. The presentation was created for an education course and draws on resources from Educause and a book on using web tools in classrooms.
1. Prepared by: RZP August, 2012
Prepared for: EDU653 CMU
Read/Write Web
Photo: courtesy of RZP / Images: courtesy of Clip Art
BLOG FACEBOOK
WIKI PODCAST
NING SCRENCAST
FLICKR TWITTER
SOCIALBOOKMARK
RSS
This presentation has been made possible thanks to: Educause resources, EDU653 and
“Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” by Will Richardson.
2. The Read/Write Web?
Images: courtesy of Clip Art
Also called Web 2.0
Free Web tools
Help you teach/learn
Tech Tools
3. BLOG
Definition: “online chronological collection of
personal comments and links”
Application: post comments, comment on posts,
Pros: engage, share, reflect debate,
Cons: may be biased, inaccurate
Example: http://rita4edu653.blogspot.ca/
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Blogs
4. WIKI
Definition: “Web page – modified by anyone with a
Web browser and Internet access”
Application: add, delete and modify content
Pros: integrate, collaborate, participate
Cons: inappropriateness, inaccuracy
Example: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/wiki/
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Wikis
5. FACEBOOK
Definition: social networking site – users interact
via criteria-based set of networks
Application: join social/professional network
Pros: user-controlled interaction
Cons: privacy and judgement issues
Example: http://www.facebook.com/education
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Facebook
6. FLICKR
Definition: “photo-sharing site where one can
upload, browse, tag, comment, annotate”
Application: create, publish, share
Pros: available user-generated content
Cons: improper use, inaccuracies
Example: http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia/
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Flickr
7. NING
Definition: “online service where one can create
own social networks and join others”
Application: create personalized social networks on
a specific topic
Pros: private, personalized, one-stop shop
Cons: unclear model of organization
Example: http://classroom20.com
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Thins you should know about Ning
8. PODCAST
Definition: software/hardware that allows
publishing/transmitting content via the Web
Application: create, publish tailored audio files
Pros: enable portable education
Cons: difficulty downloading, one-way interaction
Example: http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/lessons.html
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Podcasting
9. RSS
Definition: Really Simple Syndication – filter,
organizer of the vast amount of information
Applications: receive customized articles
Pros: convenient, specific, available
Cons: initial set-up time, some limitation
Example: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/students/e-learning/tools/rss/example
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about RSS
10. SCREENCAST
Definition: video recording of images usually
accompanied by narration
Application: demonstrate “how to” do something
Pros: private tutorial for the viewer
Cons: one-way interaction
Example: http://screencast.com/t/yZeQwVNUkQ
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Screencasting
11. SOCIALBOOKMARK
Definition: reciprocal social interaction and
collaboration/connection with others via tagged items
Application: research and archive resources
Pros: work as a community
Cons: inaccuracies in the use of “folksonomy”
Example: http://delicious.com/ritaprokopetz
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Social Bookmarking
12. TWITTER Tw
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Definition: a form of microblogging which enables
users to interact with technology and one another
Application: read, write, edit, interact
Pros: two-way interaction
Cons: use of non-academic language
Example: http://twitter.com
Reference: “Educause Learning Initiative” www.educause.edu/eli/
7 Things you should know about Twitter
13. Prepared by: RZP August, 2012
Prepared for: EDU653 CMU
Read/Write Web
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Images: courtesy of Clip Art
This presentation has been made possible thanks to: Educause resources, EDU653 and
“Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” by Will Richardson.