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Assignment 1

**Definition.** Web 2.0 is about //creation// – shared //creation//- whether it is knowledge //creation// as seen in [|www.wikipedia.org/], entertainment like [|www.youtube.com/], social networks like [|/del.icio.us] , photo data bases like [|www.flickr.com/], or personal/professional emotional sharing using blogs and wikis. Web 2.0 and its driver “open source” is changing the world in the same way the printed word and mass production changed it in the pass. The often asked question is //“what is the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?”// This can best be answered in the geek speak down- loading vers uploading. Web 1.0 was about down loading information, just the same as looking up an encyclopedia or book. Web 2.0 is about //creation//- up loading content so everyone in cyber space can access, comment, change or add to it. This ability to share content with the world is what makes Web 2.0 so powerful. [| Don Tapscott] in his book Wikinomics explains why this philosophical change to open source software will change the world. Companies now have the ability to ask the best minds and talent to help solve their problems, by offering rewards for the problem solving only. No hiring or firing – just mutual benefits though the power of Web 2.0 and the desire/philosophy to work open source. There are many examples in the education sector of Web 2.0 //creation sites//. Whether its video [|www.teachertube.com/] ,power points [|www.slideshare.net] ,fantastic resources [|www.tonyryan.com.au] or sharing of pedagogy http://blog.core-ed.net/greg/. These sites give educators the ability to share their ideas, resources, get feed back and interact across the world. It is a very empowering feeling sharing your thoughts with other professionals from Canada, California, Nelson, Auckland, Whangarei and even a year 9 camp at Te Anau in real time as the Time4 Online Conference ([|http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/spaces/space.php?space_key=13374)] demonstrated earlier this year.


 * Examining del.icio.us**

Del.icio.us calls itself “A social book marking site” and yes you can use it like your bookmarks (firefox) or favourites (ms explorer) list of websites whose URL you want to keep. But it is so much more, del.icio.us allows you to Search like a search engine Tag URL’s with one word descriptors or a variety of tags so it’s easier to find. Network to someone else’s del.icio.us account Check out which people have saved the same URL as you and then check their account to see if they have other URL’s that could interest you. Post URL’s to another account holder that they might be interested in by putting their account name in the tag line. Have groups saving a common tag (see below) to a common interest so that searching for common websites is easy. For example this research assignment uses this tag- edic751 Be informed of websites that other account holders find interesting Lock students to one list of url’s that the teacher wants them to use (reduces surfing) Increase cyber safety by limiting students to predetermined safe sites Have common url’s tagged together so that sites with common interests are displayed together Set up folders so that whole taxonomies are grouped together. For example ICT-PD

Del.icio.us uses tags to help keep track of all the URL’s an account holder accumulates. They describe tags as //“Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks on del.icio.us to help you organize and remember them. Tags are a little bit like keywords, but they're chosen by you, and they do not form a hierarchy. You can assign as many tags to a bookmark as you like and rename or delete the tags later. So, tagging can be a lot easier and more flexible than fitting your information into preconceived categories or folders.// ” The allocating of tags by a large number of people to URL’s starts to build up “folksonomies”. That is a common understanding of how information and content on the web will be described. Del.icio.us is now becoming THE way for educators to share their //shared content// as seen by this ULEARN 07 Blog

//“delicious//
//A key component of ULearn07 will be the contribution by participants to the understanding and knowledge being created throughout the conference through the use of Web2.0 applications such as blogging, wikis and social bookmarking. [|Delicious] is a bookmarking service that is shared on the internet, where links to websites are sorted by tags. To see a full list of all the bookmarked websites related to Ulearn07, visit http://del.icio.us/ulearn07 or http://del.icio.us/tag/ulearn07”// Del.icio.us then is a really useful Web 2.0 tool allowing account holders to share content and to create knowledge by keeping track of their cyber surfing.

To keep track of our Web 2.0 world would require a flash drive with URL addresses or Del.icio.us. The modern mihi for educations is rapidly becoming Web 2.0 addresses “ //Kia Ora, del.icio.us account is tchayman, skype is hayman94, Flicker is chickencowzz, wiki is chayman at wikispaces”// It allows us as educators to network across time and space (as Ewan McIntosh's blog describes on October 8th; http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/) and allows our students the opportunity to participate in the global village. The question becomes not what is Web 2.0 but "Do we go forth to the brave new world or do we get left behind".
 * Conclusion**

While writing about web 2.0 helped me solidify my understanding of it, really I feel web 2.0 is a bit like snow skiing – you can talk about it as much as you like but its not until you have eaten a lot of snow that you really understand its possibilities. I also feel a moodle based interface would have allowed a greater learning experience as this course should make the best use of Web 2.0 to challenge our learning.
 * Evaluation**


 * Biblaography**

by [|Don Tapscott] (Author), [|Anthony D. Williams] (Author)
 * Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Hardcover)**

Many discussions on Web 2.0, in a variety of formats. Blogs, Wikis, Elluminate live, youtube videos, teacher tube videos. ([|http://centre4.interact.ac.nz/spaces/space.php?space_key=13374)]
 * Time4 Online Conference.**

Tags information: http://del.icio.us/help/tags

Top 100 learning tools [|http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.h]

Ewan McIntosh's blog http://edu.blogs.com

Del.icio.us website//[| delicious]//