1/29 Class

First night of ITEC830 class! Lots of familiar faces.

SHARED IN CLASS:


- Commoncraft: Video shares in plain English

WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
- Collaborative, social, communal, cloud-think
- Multidirectional
- Global, far-reaching, distance-conquering
- Customizable
- Open source, creative commons, democratized
- Ease-of-use, economical, efficient
- A/synchronous
- No software, all web-based
- Creating natural learning environments, virtually
* Hidden agendas - capitalist veins, true costs
* Severity of viral infection

SIX C's of Web 2.0, Connectivism
- Content
- Context
- Create
- Communicate
- Collaborate
- Contribute

TOOLS
-A Whole New Mind - Daniel Fink 2005 (Required)
-The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman (Required)
-Flock - Web 2.0 enhanced web browser

ASSIGNMENTS
- Make Blog (DONE!)
- Sign-up for ITEC 830 Ning Group (DONE!)
- iGoogle (DONE - just rearranged it a bit)

Here's something fun. I think it's an example of how diy media is being created by your "average jo", and being shared around the world (viral?). Web 2.0 has enabled people notoriety, and the ability to influence others.