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=== Beginning of class on night #1: While we are working on getting everyone up and running, check out the two definitions of web 2.0 posted below. Then discuss any of your previous web 2.0 experience with someone sitting near you. ===

Click for Activity #1 directions from Rex **//Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.//
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//It seems that now, a good few years into the life of Web 2.0, one does not so much need a list to define it as an explanation of its emerging outcome: Web 2.0 sites, which are becoming more and more prolific, have turned the Internet into a two-way street. Whereas traditional media had a stranglehold on the flow of information, the Internet is not a medium where publishing rights are limited by access to a printing press or a studio, or by expensive equipment. This has always been somewhat true, but the open-source, user-generated environment is made easier with Web 2.0 technology. In short, it ensures that online, the power structure of communication is close to flat.// (http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/zeitgeist)

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Applications we will focus on in Night #1: __**Activity #2: Wikis**__ - What is a Wiki? Click on the play button for a definition from Rex. Your assignment for tonight is to create your own wiki with text, a link, and some product you have created in Big Huge Labs or a Voki avatar. To see a sample assignment click here. To see some examples of education wikis visit the following: http://monsonclassroom.wikispaces.com/ best edu wikis of 2009 [|Schedule grid for a recent librarian training] || **__Screencasts__**
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Get the basic"how to" info for editing your wiki: wiki editing pt1 wiki editing pt2 ||

__**Activity #3 (optional):**__ __**Nings**__ - These DIY social networks can be a great tool for collaboration among groups of educators. Find out more below. To see some examples of nings visit the following: [|sample class ning] dlmcpatrons www.ning.com || Screencasts Get the basic info for nings below: [|See a short video intro to nings,] Intro to ning editing "My page" on a ning ||
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 * __**Blogs**__ - a short version of the term ‘web log.’ The common blog is a publicly accessible web-based journal. Blogs allow the posting and updating to the journal by non-technical people. Now almost anyone can start a blog! (www.blogger.com is one site) The first blogs were personal journals but their flexibility and simplicity have made blogs popular in business and academia. (Definition courtesy of http://www.techdictionary.com) ||  ||
 * ** __Forums__ ** - An **Internet forum**, or **message board**, is an online discussion site...People participating in an Internet forum may cultivate social bonds and interest groups for a topic may form from the discussions. (Definition courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum)

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*Things to keep in mind during this class:
Click for start of class instructions:
 * === Forget "mastery", just try to keep a handle on general over-arching principles. ===
 * === The usual drill: 1. Create an account, 2. Watch demo (or read), 3. play/learn/create, 4. Share via link, embedding, etc. ===