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Web 2.0 Software and ProjectsFrom WebWise: 2008What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is a term used to describe a theoretical “second generation” of users and user-interfacing applications which allow for interaction on a participative platform. Technology and information systems that allow for a community-based, collaborative approach to the creation of content, design patterns, and evaluation relate to the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Blogs, web-based social communities, and wikis are all examples of Web 2.0 applications. Featured WebWise Demonstration Projects A Sound Model: Collaborative Infrastructure for Digital Audio Dark Archives in the SunShine State TIDES (Teaching, Images, and Digiial Experiences Bringing Lives to Light: Biography in Context T-RACES: Testbed for the Redlining Archives of California's Exclusionary Spaces On-Line Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database OCLC- Online Computer Library Center National Endowment for the Humanities" The Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project Web 2.0 Software and Projects del.i.cious – A social bookmarking website that allows users to store, manage, and organize websites. Users create their own tags to describe saved websites. Using folksonomies, multiple websites saved by multiple users with the same tags are linked. Dryad - Created by the Stanford Vitual Worlds group, Dryad software ennables users to create trees in a virtual space. Using 3-D technology and social-networking, the software is a technological advancement in how users interact within virtual worlds. Everyscape - Using 3-D mapping software, Everyscape allows users to virtually travel to cities online. Visit The Wolfsonian-FIU on Everyscape's blended reality world of Miami Beach! Facebook – Social networking website with 42 million members, Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerburg in 2004. Although membership was originally limited to Harvard University students, Facebook gradually expanded to include students from colleges and universities across the country, and is today open to the general public. Facebook allows users to create a profile containing personal information and/or incorporating applications such as video features. Facebook users can communicate and exchange information with other users. If you create or already have a facebook account, please join the “WebWise Conference” facebook group. Flickr – Launched in 2004, Flickr is a photo-sharing website that allows users to post and share their photos online. Photos are tagged and can be searched using folksonomies. Google Earth – Geospatial software distributed by Google that creates virtual maps of the earth using satellite, aerial photography, and GIS 3d imagery. MySpace – With over 200 million member accounts globally, MySpace is the largest social networking website. Created in 2003, MySpace allows users to create profiles, post blogs, music, photos, and videos, and manage a network of friends. Second Life (abbrv. SL) – Developed by Linden Research Inc. in 2003, Second Life is a virtual world accessed via Internet. SL users are represented in this virtual world by an avatar, which can be used to interact with others. Teen Second Life is an alternate form of Second Life limited to people 13-17 years old. TIDES - Funded by a previous grant from IMLS, TIDES (Teaching, Images, and Digital Experiences) is a free online education resource created and maintained by the Digital Projects department at Ralp W. Steen Library, located on the Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Through partnerships with various museums, schools, and libraries in both Texas and Mexico, TIDES offers users access to over 16,000 copyright free primary source documents, virtual expeditions, and lesson plans created by educators currently in the classroom. Wikipedia – Derived from the words wiki and encyclopedia, Wikipedia is an online, collaborative encyclopedia that allows users to add, edit, or update its entries. Wikipedia was founded in 2001 and is one of the biggest and most popular Internet reference tools. Look up "IMLS WebWise" when you next visit the Wikipedia site! YouTube – A website that allows viewers to upload, view, and share video clips online. Videos are linked by tags, and viewers can post comments. YouTube was launched in 2005. |
