1. Web 2.0 is the popular term used to describe a new generation of Web services and applications with an increasing emphasis on the contribution of the average, unskilled user, and it refers to a sort of second generation of the Internet, where the move is away from static webpages to social media and shareable content.
2. I signed up to do 4shared, but since my new Macbook arrived this weekend, I actually ended up using Dropbox to transfer my files I need for classes.
Dropbox is an online storage space for files and photos and other documents that people use a lot, and want to be able to access on any computer. As long as you have Dropbox installed on the computer you’re using, you can access anything from your other computers that you’ve put into your Dropbox folder. You can also share folders with other people, and share files with them that way.
Increasing productivity:
o Students could use this to collaborate on projects with each other, and share their folder with me so I can check their progress.
o We can use this for group work. I shared a folder with some of my content group, and we plan to share our lesson plans this way when we’re student teaching.
3. Dabbleboard: This is an online, collaborative whiteboard.
Increasing productivity:
o We can use this for our worksamples to make concept maps and flow charts.
o We can make flowcharts with each other for presentations this way, and chat about them, while not even being in the same place.
o Oftentimes, students in language arts classes use concept maps to brainstorm for papers, and map parts of literature, and this could be a good way to get them involved collaboratively.
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