Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies** Web 2.0 for Special Libraries wiki. 31 Flavors - Things to Do With Flickr in Libraries. Miller; Paul; 'Web 2.0: Building the New Library', Ariadne Issue 45. Printer-friendly version Send to friend Paul Miller explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of 'Web 2.0' and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations. 'Web 2.0' is a hot story out on the blogosphere right now, with an army of advocates facing off against those who argue that it is nothing new, and their allies with painful memories of Dot Com hysteria in the 1990s. Even respectable media outlets such as Business Week are getting excited, and an expensive conference in San Francisco at the start of October had to turn people away as it passed over 800 registrations.
So, is Web 2.0 something real? Web 2.0: A State of Mind? Writing back in July, a colleague of mine described Web 2.0 [1] as 'an attitude not a technology.' In a recent and seminal paper on the topic [2], Tim O'Reilly attempted to define the concepts behind Web 2.0, and offered a useful diagram to illustrate some of the related ideas. Figure 1 - Tim O'Reilly's Web 2.0 'meme map' Web 2.0 is participative.
Web Based Intranet / Extranet. Learning 2.0. KRISTAN NETVIBES. Top 25 Web 2.0 Apps to Improve a Student's or Professor's Productivity. Being productive and getting things done both rely on planning and being organized. But with the hustle and bustle of courses, it’s sometimes easy to forget what you have to do and when. So here are 25 Web 2.0 applications (mostly free) that should help you on your quest as a student or professor in being productive. The idea is that these applications will in some way increase productivity and/or reduce time taken for specific tasks. Thus, some companies are more heavily represented because their products are designed for productivity.
Education-Specific Tools These Web 2.0 tools were designed specifically for students, educators, and/or parents. Engrade.Engrade is a suite of tools that acts as a gradebook for courses, as well as a communication vehicle. TeamCowboy.TeamCowboy is for students or professors who manage student sports teams. Calendars, Task lists, Planning tools How can you be productive if you don’t know what needs doing when?
Research and Documentation Tools. Filo. Feature Article.