Web+2.0

The Web 2.0 class is going to be online. Here you will find information about this class.
We will meet on line at 9 o'clock AM on Wednesday morning September 29. Mrs. Hyatt will send you an email with directions to follow. This activity will revolve around using Google Docs to complete a Web 2.0 exercise

GOOGLE DOCS & WEB 2.0 APPLICATION Web 1.0 refers to web sites where the viewer reads and watches the screen. Web 2.0 differs from Web 1.0 in that it refers to web pages where the user interacts with the site. Users are no longer just passive viewers, but active participants. Web 3.0 applications, or 'cloud computing' is an even newer field.

Web 2.0 applications involve concepts and operations with technology that can be used in education. These are generally free applications. They are ubiquitous; evolving and changing rapidly. Today I want you to explore a variety of Web 2.0 applications available on the internet. I have created a Google Document, a spreadsheet, that has a lot of Web 2.0 applications listed, as well as their URL addresses. I would like you all to divide up the different applications; decide who will be responsible for finding and evaluating which sites. Then look up each site you are responsible for, and in the spreadsheet write a short description and short evaluation of your quick appraisal of it. After describing and evaluating your sites, post a comment to the discussion board on this wiki page about your reactions to the applications you reviewed. Google offers the chat space in Google Docs. We will use that chat to communicate during the class.

HOMEWORK Make sure you completed the class Web 2.0 assignment. Please read the article listed below for homework. The article is "Is Google Making us Stupid". It is an article written in the Atlantic Monthly by Nicholas Carr. Please read it and be prepared to respond to it in writing in class on October 4. [|Click here for Article] This next article is not required, but you may find it interesting; "Computing the Cost: Nicholas Carr on how the Internet is rewriting our brain". It is an interview in the SUN magazine with the author of the article above. [|Computing The cost] For the writing activity in class I will give you time to write an essay answering a question about the readings. **This essay will not be graded**. But it will give me an opportunity to respond to you about what I expect in an essay, because you will write in response to your discussion questions, and that essay will be graded.

WEB 3.0 - In some ways, the class activity we will do on Web 2.0 is already outdated. Web 3.0 definitions are being formulated as the technology wave surges forward. You may be interested in the site listed below that tries to describe Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0. [|Here's a site that tries to define web 1.0, web 2.0 and web 3.0]