My First Web 2.0 Presentation is Tomorrow

Posted on February 28, 2006
Filed Under Library 2.0, Presentations, Web 2.0 |

I’ve been getting ready for my first Web 2.0 presentation - should be fun! I thought others might be interested in my version… so here’s what I plan to do:

  1. Introduce the concept of Web 2.0 - definitions and descriptions
  2. Link it to Library 2.0, showing other links as well (ie., Law 2.0, media 2.0, etc) - just so attendees know they’re not alone in this learning curve!
  3. Explain RSS, RSS Feed Readers, and Blogs in a chunk - This provides a good intro to many of the essential elements of Web 2.0 - interactivity and feeds.
  4. Playtime - post in a blog, subscribe to it in bloglines, make a comment…
  5. Next chunk - Tagging, Flickr, and Bookmark Managers
  6. Playtime - look at my Flickr account, tag the photo I’ll take of them with my Treo, explore bookmark managers…
  7. Wikis - Define and explore - I’ll have everyone play around in a pbwiki.
  8. IM - define and explore - I might even IM someone using Meebo, so be warned anyone who’s on my buddy list!
  9. Last chunk - podcasting and videocasting - describe and explore. Possibly watch a videocast (if it downloads easily in the lab)
  10. Answer the “why would a library want to do these things” questions, and provide some easy “first steps.”

And, if you’re REALLY interested… here’s a PDF version of my Powerpoint presentation. Feel free to download it, use it, “borrow” the good bits (I certainly borrowed from others), etc. And - I’d love some feedback on it - let me know what you think!

Web 2.0, Library 2.0

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4 Responses to “My First Web 2.0 Presentation is Tomorrow”

  1. Michael Sensiba on February 28th, 2006 12:27 pm

    David,

    I did a 2 hour presentation on similar items this past weekend at Wayne State University in Detroit. Yours looks great. Some things I learned: 1. Play time takes twice as long as you expect. 2. PBWiki doesn’t like simultaneous editting of the same page 3. Bloglines activation requires a web-based email client (and some time) before using in a lab setting. Good luck. I want to pour over your stuff in greater detail!

  2. joshua m. neff on February 28th, 2006 1:13 pm

    That’s like a great chunk of info to go over. I don’t know if anyone from my library system (Olathe Public Library) is going, but I hope someone is.

  3. joshua m. neff on February 28th, 2006 1:14 pm

    That’ll teach me to hit “submit” without proofreading. That first “like” should, like, not be in there.

  4. Chris Smith on March 4th, 2006 9:51 pm

    You might find the following webpage helpful.
    http://www.shambles.net/web2
    Lots of Web 2.0 links and resources with some relevance to teaching and learning.

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