A.Viary Invites
So, I have been testing a.viary features. Aviary is a collection of online imaging software. Their suite is supposed to be feature-rich. The developers keep a very creative and thought-provoking blog. You can tell...
Category: eLearning 2.0
Open Source Social Network Engines
No-one is impressed with the words “social networking” anymore. We used to have to explain to new comers what “Myspace” or Facebook implied. Now everyone can have their own social networks online with relatively...
Digital Divide 2.0
Everyone is talking about Web 2.0 and how everyone has a voice, even I have suggested that in blog posts, company training designs and school work (yes I am a graduate student wishing he...
Socrato – Crowdsourcing Test Preparation
Great initiative. Even though there are other websites of the kind, Socrato adds some extra features such as the uploading of PDF and Word files. http://www.socrato.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH1VNTq_j44&hl=en]
Immersive Education – Education Grid Initiative
An interview with Aaron Walsh, professor of virtual environments and games for learning at Boston University: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8eK0jfbYRA&hl=en]
Web 2.0 in Focus
Specialists and Web buffs discuss their point of view of what Web 2.0 technologies have to offer. Some discussion of what Web 2.0 is or is not is also present in this 50-minute video....
MUVEs in Education
Edusim – as seen on their website, this application is great for interactive whiteboards (Smartboards and Promethean boards). Easy for anyone to use. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvnJowestag&hl=en] OpenSim – more advanced solution that allows users to create “Second Life-like”...
Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), Learning and Web 2.0
If you are not familiar with the concept of ARG, here is a great explanation given by Brooke at GiantMice.com. This other article by Wired reviews an excellent ARG implementation by 42 Entertainment for A...
The Long Tail
This article by Anderson explains clearly how Web 2.0 is about reaching for people that couldn’t be reached as easily before APIs ad other Web 2.0 concepts and tools came about. This concept of...
Web 2.0 Statistics
Yael Elish did a good job selecting relevant Web 2.0 statistics all over the Web.
