Emerging+Technologies


 * Topic: Explore all the different variables that go into the Web 2.0/3.0 tools. What are these new technologies and how are they being used in general and in education? **

= Let’s look back in order to understand where we are = **Web 1.0 was the content Web**. Generally, information and links to more information. For business applications, the initial search directories actually blocked businesses from even being listed! Early Web 1.0 was the not-for-profit, information age.


 * Web 2.0 has generally been regarded as the social Web.** The Internet of user interaction and contribution as well as communication. It is best known for it’s social nature including Web services like: [|Wikipedia], [|Facebook], [|Ning] (social networks), [|Flickr],[|YouTube], [|Skype], [|Yuuguu] (instant web-conferencing,online meetings and collaboration), intranets, online banking, referrals and commenting sites, etc. Content such as blogsites, podcasts and opportunities to distribute text, photos, audio and video and even screensharing to a world wide audience evolved during this era.

Now that we’ve got history out of the way, let’s get on to what Web 3.0 is. We have only recently crept into Web 3.0 in a more universal way in late 2008 and early 2009 (although many have been using Web 3.0 tools for longer, the tools and applications described below are just now becoming more mainstream).

If there is a moment that ushered in the era of Web 3.0, it might best be represented by President Obama’s Inauguration address in the United States on January 20th, 2009, an event experienced by millions in person and shared with many more millions of people simultaneously around the world.
 * Web 3.0 Defined: the location-aware and moment-relevant Internet.**

Content relevance in Web 3.0 is heightened by location and time. Intimate connections are made between the real world and the Web, often with the use of handheld data-enabled phones like iphone and other devices.

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 * [|**Twitter**]messaging that allows news of global happenings to be transmitted and distributed within minutes.
 * **GPS** triggered driving directions
 * **Handheld 3G Devices** provide fast access to Internet almost anywhere
 * **Web 3.0 iphone apps** like:
 * [|AroundMe] : find and get handheld map, phone number, directions to just about any business
 * [|OneTap] : local movie listings and trailers.
 * [|LocalPicks] or [|LocalEats] : locate nearby restaurants with user reviews.
 * [|iTV] : gives local TV listings.
 * [|StarMap] :shows overhead constellations based on location.
 * [|**Instant uploading of photos**] from phones to the Web
 * [|Flickr for Mobile] with Flickr you can share your photos, view your photos and your friend's photos, search photos by subject, people, and places, Geo-tag your photos before uploading them, and the capability of uploading via email!
 * [|**GPS Tagging**] of images both in the capture, uploading, tagging and mapping of multimedia content:
 * [|Google Maps]
 * [|Google Earth]. media type="youtube" key="S6GGDWMlGiY" height="344" width="425"
 * [|**Photosynth**]: a Microsoft technology that createes 3D interactive spaces from hundreds of 2D photos. Photosynth creates an amazing new experience with nothing more than a bunch of photos. Creating a synth allows you to share the places and things you love using the cinematic quality of a movie, the control of a video game, and the mind-blowing detail of the real world.
 * [|CNN’s The Moment] used photosynth to stitch together a rich digital tapestry of images of the Inauguration address within minutes of attendees uploading snapped images of the event. According to the [|L.A.Times]photosynth is a "super nifty, cool social media application."
 * [|GPS tagging and Photosynth] : Very cool!!!!
 * [|**GPS Triggered Multimedia**] content that displays on handheld devices: Instant messages, sms advertising, and more.
 * [|Terrestrica]
 * [|GPS Ranger]
 * [|ViewRanger]
 * [|**Online Storage**] permits access to online files anywhere.
 * [|Zumo Drive]
 * **Real Time Communications** like video calling brings distant people together bridging time and space.
 * [|Skype Video]
 * [|Google Voice and Video Chat]
 * [|**Multi-Media Group Messaging**] **or MMS** which extends beyond SMS (short message service) and includes sending photos, videos, news and entertainment information...
 * [|Utterli] Utterli lets you share text, pics, video and audio with your friends, even from your mobile phone.
 * **Location Specific Multimedia and Stories** such as those found in websites like [|Murmur] where you can read great content, make original content, respond to others, comment on what others have to say, create something everyday or once in a while, purge your troubled soul, write a Haiku, rant about nothing or craft editorial on topical subjects, tell others what you think or ask them what they know, join a conversation and connect with others...
 * **QR code (Quick Response) aka 2d bar code or** [|**Microsoft tag**] enabled content – linking from physical world objects to the Web. Snapping a photo of a bar code, leads handheld users online. From your mobile phone, simply snap or scan a Tag image anywhere you see it – in editorials, advertisements, product packaging, signs and storefronts – and gain instant access to Websites, videos, reviews, schedules, contact information, social networks, discounts, promotions and more!
 * **Connecting the real world to the Web** forging real time social connections with people in specific locations
 * [|qik.com]This cell phone video broadcasting platform and other like it, enable people on the internet to see the world of the cell phone user through their camera. Qik also enables viewers to post comments (viewable to the camera user) and engage in real time conversations over 3G Cellular and Wifi networks. The site also auto messages Twitter and other social networks to alert family and friends near computers that a video stream is live. Qik lets you share your everyday life experiences as it happens with your family and friends — right from your mobile phone.

media type="custom" key="5467553" Combined with the social Web 2.0 services, Web 3.0 provides the Internet user with the opportunity to engage with people all over the world on a variety of devices. The richness of these communications and the relevance of locally available information are what add depth to Web 2.0 services, creating a new era, Web 3.0. Sure, Web 3.0 is semantic. Content is recognized by it’s context, but more easy to understand and share is a definition like this:
 * Even [|**Google**] search results differ, depending on where search takes place.

**Web 3.0: the location-aware and moment-sensitive Internet.** [] [] []

​ = WEB 2.0 = A great resource of Web 2.0 resources in a neat graphic Elearning and Web 2.0 tools for teachers



= Glogster - Free and teachers can set up student accounts. = Glogster allows you to make an online poster. The poster can have video, hyperlinks, audio, and animation. @http://www.glogster.com/

A 15 minute video showing how to set up Edu.Glogster with student accounts: @http://www.schooltube.com/video/52517/Glogster-Tech-Tip

Example of a glogster for math @http://pamoliveira.glogster.com/MATH-IS-EVERYWHERE

= Wallwisher- Free and all you need is an email to register. Walls can be kept private. = ​Wallwisher is a new way to communicate collaboratively: @http://www.wallwisher.com/

A wallwisher that I made for an 11 year old for his birthday. I put links to some fun websites. @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/happybirthdayzach

A wallwisher our class made about how we felt after watching a video and slideshow on the earthquake in Haiti: @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/W197793TCN



I started a Wallwisher of Web 2.0 tools for our class. You can view it here: @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/Appleton12 If you find a collection of Web 2.0 tools or a tool you like, please add a sticky note to the Wallwisher.

= Voicethread- Need to register for an account. Students will need a common email and password. I used a gmail account. =

A cool way to share through images and audio: @http://voicethread.com/

Here is a wiki for sharing ideas on ways to use Voicethread with students: http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/

How one teacher used voicethread as an assessment: @http://vvrotny.org/2010/01/14/voicethread-as-an-assessment-tool/

= Tinychat as a backchannel - free chat room that you can make private. = = @http://tinychat.com/mrsnorton =

**Presentation 2.0 Tools**
 * Create collaborative presentations
 * Avoid Power Point repetition
 * Web based - no need for b drives or jump drives to present
 * Require email addresses for trials, full memberships for best function
 * Basic: []'
 * Advanced: []



= Big Huge Labs = Benefits ([]): Problems: Free edition does not allow you to edit them at a later time - you simply save them as JPG images, also has ads that are distracting - only way to get rid of them is to purchase a membership ($25/year)
 * No sign up necessary - no email, no 30 day limited trial, unlimited access to various activities
 * Projects include: billboards, posters (motivational, pop art, ), name badges, movie posters, photo booth style, photo collage, magazine cover, mosaic maker, calander, trading cards, CD cover, etc.
 * Examples of uses in a classroom:
 * Badge Card - historical figure, list attributes, crop an image to size
 * Magazine Cover - Choose an important historical event to highlight (then have more explanation on Word documents




 * Anne Brahe, Deb Norton, and Catherine Wood **