Geek Report All the Tech News Thats Fit
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Geek Report All the Tech News That’s Fit to Print Jim Gaston, Associate Director, SOCCCD IT
Overview • Latest Trends – Web 2. 0 – Mashups – Social Networking Sites • What does it mean? • Local Initiatives – My. Site 2. 0 – MAP – New Student System
Web Sites • My Blog: http: //digitaledu. blogspot. com • List of Example Sites: http: //del. icio. us/jgaston/web 2. 0
Latest Trends - Web 2. 0
Latest Trends – Web 2. 0 • Refers to a second generation of Internet based services • Distinguishing Characteristics: – Community and Collaboration – the “Participatory Web” – Rich User Experience in Browser – AJAX
Web 2. 0 Examples – Wikipedia – Craigslist – Google Maps – Writely – Gmail – Digg – Technorati
Latest Trends - Mashups • Allows people to combine the services of one or more web sites • Most often used with Google Maps • See Programmable. Web. com for a list • Examples: – Weather. Bonk – Wikimapia – Zillow
Latest Trends - Social Networking Sites • Any site that allows and encourages collaboration and communication within the community of users • Examples: – Flickr – My. Space – Youtube – Wikipedia
What does it mean to us? • How can we use this technology in an educational environment?
What’s Happening at SOCCCD? • My. Site 2. 0 • MAP (My Academic Plan) • New Student System
