1. WEB 2.0 FOR SCIENCE
EDUCATORS
A taste of Web 2.0, the key to unlocking the
power of the Internet
Cathy Outten – Science Education Librarian

2. WHAT IS WEB 2.0?
 Allows users to create, change, and publish all kinds of dynamic content
 Web 1.0 is basically a “read only” medium but Web 2.0 is “read and
write.”
 Everyone can be creators, publishers and entertainers
 Interactive
 Are we moving on to the “Social Web”?

3. DEFINITION OF WEB 2.0
Definition of Web 2.0 in Wikipedia has been changed
many times (why?):
“The term Web 2.0 is associated with web
applications that facilitate participatory information
sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and
collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of
Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications,
mashups and folksonomies.” 4-15-2011
Today?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

4. WHY USE WEB 2.0 TOOLS?
 Your students are already using them!
 Useful for information sharing, learning, collaborating and
communicating
 Enables you to extend course materials
 Encourages creativity via multimedia mediums
 They are interactive- lead to constructivist teaching methods

5. SOME ISSUES TO CONSIDER…..
 Determine objectives and best tools to achieve them
 Consider issues of security and privacy
 Web 2.0 tools are generally simple to use, and inexpensive or free

6. WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT WEB 2.0
TOOLS?
 Blogs
 Wikis
 Photo sharing
 Video streaming
 Social Networking
 Social Bookmarking
 Virtual Worlds
 Common craft videos Common craft videos are useful
for explaining Web 2.0 technology

7. BLOGS
a website where entries are made in
journal style and displayed in a reverse
chronological order.
A Blog can be maintained by one
person or group or organization
Interactivity? In the Comments

8. FREE BLOGGING SOFTWARE
 Blogger www.blogger.com
 Wordpress www.wordpress.com
 LiveJournal www.livejournal.com
Examples
http://sematcsulblibrary.blogspot.com/
http://mikelloydtech.wordpress.com/

9. BLOGS
According to Technorati there were 37.3 million blogs in 2006,
and 126 million in 2009 – as tracked by BlogPulse
Lots to read!

10. SEARCHING FOR BLOGS
 Scienceblogs.com
 Technorati
www.technorati.com
 Google’s Blogsearch
http://blogsearch.google.com/

11. RSS FEEDS / BLOG READERS
Examples:
Google Reader / iGoogle
My Yahoo
Can include any regularly updated site (e.g. blog or news site)

12. Science Blogs
Links to 80+ reviewed and active science blogs.

13. National Science Digital Library:
http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/

14. How would you use
a Blog?

15.  Motivate students to participate.
 Enhance writing and reading skills.
 Instill critical thinking skills through
evaluation of posts.
 Teach web/blog etiquette.
 Provide students a comprehensive
guide to resources selected by you.
Collaborate with colleagues.

16. WIKIS
 A wiki is a website which enables documents to be written
collaboratively using a web browser.
 Collaborative web page.
 People can write documents together.
 Can be public or restricted to certain users.

17. FREE WIKI SOFTWARE
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com
PBWorks
http://pbworks.com/content/edu-classroom-teachers
WetPaint http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/
All allow free classroom accounts
Example of a wiki:
http://physicsconnection.wetpaint.com/

18. HOW COULD YOU
USE A WIKI IN YOUR
CLASSROOM?

19. PHOTOSHARING
 Sites allow you to upload, arrange and tag and share photos
 Some users allow others to use photographs freely
 Examples: Flickr, Shutterfly

20. VIDEOSTREAMING
 Search and show
 Create and show
 Sites host videos created by individuals or by companies that allow free
access
 Include viewer comments
 Example: YouTube, Vimeo, TeacherTube

21. HOW COULD YOU
USE PHOTO OR
VIDEO SHARING IN
THE CLASSROOM?

22. PODCASTING
 Podcasting: a series of audio or video digital-media files which is
distributed over the Internet.
 Do not need an iPod – can be accessed via computer
 Basically a blog with video/audio
 iTunes is a way to subscribe and access podcasts

23. CREATING PODCASTS
 Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net
 Simple format: capture powerpoint slides and add audio
 Search iTunes for podcasts. Example: CSULB chemistry lab

24. HOW COULD YOU
USE PODCASTING?

25. SOCIAL NETWORKING
 Web sites and services that allow you to connect with friends, family,
and colleagues online, as well as meet people with similar interests or
hobbies (e.g. Facebook)

26. HOW WOULD
COULD (SHOULD)
YOU USE
FACEBOOK?

27. SOCIAL BOOKMARKS / FOLKSONOMY
Helps users to store, organize, search, and manage
bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the
help of categories and “tags” and use them from
anywhere
Tags: labels used to categorize items are known as
tags
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking

28. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
 It is like your “favorites” but publicly available on the web, therefore
shareable

29. DELICIOUS
 Example of social bookmarking
 Example: http://delicious.com/tags/csulblibrarian
Also: Diig, Stumbleupon, Pinterest

30. HOW COULD YOU
USE SOCIAL
BOOKMARKING IN
THE CLASSROOM?

31. HOW DO WE SELECT APPROPRIATE WEB
2.0 FOR SCIENCE EDUCATORS?
Criteria for selection:
--Ease of set up and use
--Free
--Should enhance education/pedagogy
--Should provide Active Learning
--Could also be used for Professional development