Glossary - of Web 2.0

I chose to use Wikipedia so you could see the largest Wiki on the Internet.

Aggregator - Feed Reader - "personal newspaper" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator

Atom - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)

Blog - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog I chose to use Blogger for my blog on the Web 2.0
Off the Shelf Librarian - A summer online workshop 23 Things for Librarians - http://offtheshelflibrarian.blogspot.com/ and Off the Shelf Librarian - On Web 2.0 - http://offtheshelflibrarian-onweb2.blogspot.com/

Creative Commons (CC) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

Folksonomy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy

Google Docs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs_%26_Spreadsheets

Google Toolbar - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Toolbar
Similar Toolbars - AOL Toolbar, MSN Toolbar, Windows Live Toolbar, Yahoo! Toolbar

Mashup - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup,
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mashup

Open Source Definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Definition

Open Source Software - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software

Podcasts (also vodcasting) - scroll down to the topic - Education and Academia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_podcasting


RSS - Text Reader -see more on Web Syndication - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

RSS-narrators - Recently, so-called RSS-narrators have appeared, which not only aggregate text-only news feeds, but also convert them into audio recordings for offline listening. http://datacenter.cit.nih.gov/interface/interface239/rss.html

Social media - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

Social networking (one example of social media) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking


Tag - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagging

Twitter - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter - Twitter is where I signed up to use as a collaboration tool or a technology tool for teacher librarian quick correspondence. http://twitter.com/ My twitter -http://twitter.com/offtheshelflib

YouTube - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube

Vodcasting (video podcasting) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodcast

Web 2.0 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

Web syndication - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_syndication

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

How educators are using Web 2.0 in the classroom?

Remember ideas for one area might work well in another area!

~~Blogs~~

SupportBlogging! - from WikiSpaces - http://supportblogging.com/

Cool Cat Teacher -http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/

How NOT to use blogs in education - http://blogsavvy.net/how-not-to-use-blogs-in-education/

How you SHOULD use blogs in education -
http://blogsavvy.net/how-you-should-use-blogs-in-education/

~~Wikis~~

Educational examples -PBWiki- http://www.publicpbwikis.com/educational

Wikis: A Web 2.0 Tool To Transform Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom -
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/edutopia.org-way-of-the-wiki-louise-maine-how.pdf

Wiki Wisdom: How to Use an Online Classroom Clearinghouse -
http://www.edutopia.org/class-wiki-tips

Cool Cat Teacher - http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/

Help:How to write an educational resource -- Starting off with easy stuff -- Things you don't need to worry about too much at the start -- Common mistakes
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Help:How_to_write_an_educational_resource

Wikipatterns.com - learn how to use a wiki successfully with your students! - On the right side you will find loads of information on all Web 2.0 Topics. (That is for when you are ready for more.)

Learning technology teacher development blog - Tips, resources and teaching materials for EFL and ESL teachers - Loads of information if you want to dig further.
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/search/label/blog

Examples of educational wikis - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

~~Twitter~~

Web 2.0 teaching tools -12 year olds are not allowed to write on Twitter, but you can use it to disseminate information to them.- http://web20teach.blogspot.com/2007/08/twitter-tweets-for-higher-education.html

A Guide to Twitter in Libraries -
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-guide-to-twitter-in-libraries/

7 things you should know about... Twitter - ttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7027.pdf

~~Articles that make you think and links you to uses of Web 2.0 in the classroom~~

Using a Wiki to Promote Educational Blogging - PBS.org -Excellent articles of Education and Web 2.0 http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2006/06/using_a_wiki_to_promote_educat.html

Wiki Woman: How a Web Tool Saved My Career -

http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2008-wiki-teacher

How to Wiki - The How-to Manual That You Can Edit - wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. With your edits, we can create a free resource that helps millions of people by offering solutions to the problems of everyday life. - http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Twitter

Twitter in Plain English