Looking at the read~write web Current and future trends

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Looking at the readwrite webCurrent and future
trends

• John Larkin
• teacher of history instructional technologist
• www.larkin.net.au

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Agenda

• Introduction
• The read-write web in 2007 and 2008
• Current events and the core tools
• Nings and WebNode type tools
• Mashups
• Who to watch
• Conclusion

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Introductions

• Where are you from?
• Why are you here?
• Where am I at today?

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Brief background

• Readwrite web aka Web 2.0
• Blogs, wikis, podcasts, twitter, del.icio.us,
• RSS and news/feed readers
• Mashups

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Observations 20072008

• Noticeable increase in the number of educators
  blogging and exploring the tools
• A number are using the tools in the classroom
• Establishment of educator groups
• Classroom 2.0
• Diigo groups
• me.edu.au
• And many more too many

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Observations 20072008

• Frequent uStream collaborations and interviews
• Sharing of resources via wikis
• Moving Forward
• Tool lust

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Observations 20072008

• Reactions among various educators regarding the
  growth
• From conversations to being part of the network
• Keeping up with the joneses
• Seminal posts wiki at Moving Forward

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Observations 20072008

• Is there elitism or not?
• Is this just a perception?
• There are still gurus and acolytes
• Conversations are few yet cloned by many

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Observations 20072008

• Burn-out
• Stress
• Much more of the same
• Too much in the reader
• Too many on the Twitter list

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Observations 20072008

• Personalisation
• Anonymity or not
• Online identity who owns it?
• Cyber Safety
• Personal Learning Networks
• Professionalism

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The tools

• Too many
• Blogs, wikis, podcasts,
• Del.icio.us bookmarks
• Twitter P

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The tools

• Too many
• Voicethread
• Diigo
• Nings

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The tools

• Too many
• WebNode
• Google Reader

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The tools

• Too many
• All the Google offerings

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New directions

• The semantic web
• What is that?

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New directions

• AideRSS
• What is that?

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New directions

• Dapper
• What is that?

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New directions

• Yahoo Pipes
• What is that?

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Teaching and learning

• Blogs
• Siva
• Clay
• Al Upton
• Me

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Who to watch

• Stephen Downes
• Will Richardson
• Michelle Martin
• Jeff Utecht
• Ewan McIntosh
• Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
• Clay Burell
• Alan Couros
• Vicki Davis
• David Warlick

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Who to watch

• Silvia Tolisano
• Kenneth Ronkowitz
• Steve Hargadon
• Graham Wegner
• Bill Ferriter
• Danah Boyd
• Scott McLeod
• Wesley Fryer
• David Jakes
• Bud Hunt
• Christopher D. Sessums

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Who to watch

• Cole Camplese
• Alan November
• Jennifer Jones
• Alan Levine
• Gary Stager
• Kim Cofino
• Sue Waters
• Doug Belshaw
• Larry Ferlazzo

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Who to watch

• And of course
• Sivasothi N.
• Kevin Lim
• Vanessa Tan
• Ivan Chew

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Thank you

• John Larkin
• http//www.larkin.net.au/
• Links and resources for this presentation
• http//www.larkin.net.au/020_web20_presentation.ht
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