Learning Experiences with Social Software - Web 2.0

Authentic Learning Using the Participatory Web Presentation

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:06:00 -0500

Thanks to everyone who attended the first Authentic Learning Using the Participatory Web Information session!

Below is a link to a Flash version of the presentation. Note that the links do not work; clicking on them will only advance to the next slide. If you would like a link to any of the resources mentioned in the presentation, please send me an email at crosenfi@hamilton.edu.

Authentic Learning Using the Participatory Web Presentation

-Carl

Web 3.0: The "Intelligent" and 'Semantic" Web

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:54:00 -0500

Just when we thought we understood Web 2.0...

Web 3.0: This Time It's Personal

Basically, Web 3.0 is (partly) about networks that are aware of the information they contain. The Semantic Web is an example of Web 3.0.

A Great Blog Called Compos(t)ing

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:44:00 -0500

A recent commenter posted a link to a fantastic blog, entitled "compos(t)ing, that has posts on topics ranging from wikis to privacy in the age of social software to neat apps like stu.dicio.us.

It's definitely worth taking some time to explore.

-Carl

Can Blogs be used for academic purposes?

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:27:00 -0500

Below is a link to some examples of "Academic Blogging"

Academic Blogging Examples

As more people begin to participate in online media, will blogs (or blog-like web sites) begin to replace traditional web sites?

-Carl

Information Session: Classroom 2.0: How Online Social Networks are Transforming Academic Life

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:46:00 -0500

HILLgroup invites individuals from Hamilton and local colleges to attend...

Eric Gordon
Classroom 2.0: How Online Social Networks are Transforming Academic Life

Saturday, February 10
10am, Science Auditorium

In December 2006, Time Magazine named “You” the person of the year. As part of what they called a “revolution” in networking technology, they described how the new Web is ushering in a culture of participation where users are just as likely to produce as they are to consume. Americans are contributing to wikis, keeping their own blogs, writing reviews for Amazon.com, keeping their photo albums on Flickr, and making movies to post on Youtube. In what Time calls the “new digital democracy,” the consumer holds the power. “You control the media now,” reads a headline, “and the world will never be the same.”

The classroom, also, will never be the same. Students are entering college with different social patterns, learning habits and cultural expectations. They are consuming and producing within global networks, and have come to demand instant gratification and constant connectivity. So how can colleges and universities respond to this cultural shift without compromising their ideals and mission? How can social networking in the classroom actually increase engagement and productivity? And how can this "culture of participation" work in accordance with existing standards of academic productivity, just as it is transforming the nature of academic work?

Eric Gordon is an assistant professor in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston. His work focuses on technology in public space, perceptions of place in synthetic worlds, and social software in teaching and learning. His book The Urban Spectator: Emerging Media and the Consumption of the American City is forthcoming from Wayne State University Press.

If you would like to attend this event, please fill out the registration form at the link below by Monday, February 5.
http://www.hamilton.edu/college/its/survey/index.html?id=496

http://onthehill.hamilton.edu/academics/hillgroup/index.html

YouTube Video: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:15:00 -0500

Below is a link to a creative and inspiring video that summarizes the history and trajectory of the web and how "Web 2.0 is linking people."

The creator seemed to skip the role of CSS, but I think the time spent on the importance of XML/RSS makes up for it.

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Enjoy,

-Carl