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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Journal: #5 Collaboration in a Web 2.0 Environment

by Glen Bull

The information that this author gives is important to collaboration via websites and online feed in the classroom. RSS which stands for, Really Simple Syndication is an important tool in Web 2.0 learning. IN the educational world, the possibilities that RSS offers are collaborative writing projects, blogs in which students can follow postings, group projects which involve shared images and resources, and tagging or teaching news and topics related to the assignment such as a social bookmarking network.

Since this article published in 2006 many updates and changes have occurred to simplify online collaboration. It is more widely used than the article states and students are using the same skills in the classroom as they are outside when networking with their peers. Face book, BlogSpot, my space have connected students in a social and personal way, but also have enable a new educational networking via cyberspace.

The Web 2.0 application is different than the 1.0 version, in that information comes to the user rather than the user searching for the web information. With 2.0 applications and data are stored on the Web, the cost is free to users seeking that particular information and incorporating RSS feeds are readily accessible. As Greg Bull states, a Web 2.0 desktop offers an excellent starting point for exploring the interactive capabilities of the Web environment. Access is easier to the user.

Questions:
#1 What is the importance of the RSS updated versions to 2.0?

It was important to give users the capability to access information and use that to benefit there education and networking within the online community.

#2 Do people really care about this new information, and why we have it? Or are they happy with being uniformed?

Just bring on the latest technology and who cares how it got here! I am sure that most people are happy that computer scientist and IT guys are concerned with advancement of technology to make our lives easier in cyberspace. A big thanks you to all of them!

Bull, Glen (April 2006). Collabortion in a Web 2.0 Environment. Learning & Leading with Technology, 33, Retrieved March 9, 2009 , from http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=April_No_7_&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=2642

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