Using various Web 2.0 tools such as Blackboard, Twitter, blogs and online media, students in the Bachelor of Internet communications Unit Web101 discussed a variety of topics over the course of thirteen weeks. These topics ranged from the advent of the Internet to the current shift towards the connective experiences of Web 2.0. This reflection will cover a selection of some of the better known Web 2.0 platforms and tools covered in the unit, the way in which these enhance collaboration and communication, and some of the ways in which this might have the potential to impact upon the everyday user.
Implemented originally in the 1960′s to share information by NASA, the Internet is a network of computers joined by other computers. The development of the Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) by Tim Berners-Lee gave users a common playground in which to collaborate. Because computers and operating systems come in all shapes and sizes, run different operating systems, and use different browsers, a common language, known as Hypertext Mark-up Language was developed (Doug Englebart Institute, 2008). This language tells a browser what to display, and how to display it, and forms the underlying principle of the World Wide Web.
Web 2.0 is the term given to the shift from a mostly read only web to the interactive and user- generated content we know today. The development of applications on the web such as ‘Blogger’ and other similar publication tools, and the advent of high-speed connections make it easy for the average person to upload, create, and publish content. Subsequently networks and communities form around asynchronous conversations and people are connecting while they read and share (Rettburg, 2008). Conversations happen whe...
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The transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 ushered in major paradigms shifts in the software industry. Software evolved from being a licensed product to being a subscribed web service. Development efforts slid from the tight control of specialists, for example systems analysts and programmers, towards a collaborative project between end users and technology experts. Learners are now required to teach themselves and teachers are there to facilitate the learning process. The dissemination of knowledge and wisdom would gravitate away from the puritanical filters of rigorous scholastic scrutiny towards a mashed-up crowd sourced assembly such as Wikipedia. Personal websites would now encompass a social networki...
Identity is like a lock. The only way to find out what is on the other side is to find the keys. There are many ways identity can be created, and many people try to describe identity such as the following authors: Guy de Maupassant’s, “The Necklace”, Sherman Alexie’s, “Superman and Me”, ABC News’, “More Facebook Friends, Less Real Ones” , and “Mirror Stage”, by CommonLit Staff. There are two keys that are absolutely necessary to unlocking identity: one’s surroundings and one’s outer appearance.
...ystems that improve identity confirmation solutions while protecting privacy. Those steps recommend it to the government and the department who care about identity fraud. They should have useful solutions to eliminate it because many people are struggling from a fraud in the entire types, it is not only in the identity but the problem is becoming bigger every day because of the lack of knowledge of this issue.
Identity is very important to people because it is what defines them as individuals. Identity is a complicated topic because there are many questions regarding it and varying opinions. There are many factors that can affect one’s identity.
Although the concept of identity is recurrent in our daily lives, it has interpreted in various ways.
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Throughout the course of this class, and more specifically the process of generating an idea for my final project, I found myself drawn time and again to the way people interact with each other electronically namely the internet. Having been involved in computers and nearly everything related for the majority of my life I have experienced a number of different tools and applications from chat rooms to online games to instant messaging that provide a means of interacting with others in a number of different ways. This experience and other concepts and ideas that Ive either read about or envisioned stood as my foundation in deciding on and formulating this project.
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Identity is described as the state of having unique identifying characteristics held by no other
Social media are PC intervened devices that permit individuals or organizations to make, share, or trade data, profession intrigues, thoughts, and pictures/recordings in virtual groups and systems. Social media is characterized as a gathering of Internet-construct applications that work in light of the ideological and innovative establishments of Web 2.0, and that permit the creation and trade of client produced content. Besides, social media rely on upon portable and electronic innovations to make exceptionally intuitive stages through which people and groups offer, co-make, talk about, and change client created content.
In the real world, most encounters in everyone's daily lives are anonymous ones. Chatting with a person beside you in a café or talking to an assistant while shopping for a pair of pants- these are interactions between two unknown persons; however, these contacts do not affect our lives the way some of the anonymous interactions in the cyberspace does so. Chat rooms, net forums, and even the spam mails most people get u...
Much of the focus in the Web 2.0 and Social Networking space has been toward customer interaction; that is, how to collaborate better with customers through blogs, forums, or Facebook and MySpace websites, how to increase product awareness or drive sales with marketing campaigns, or how to increase customer satisfaction using Ajax so that pages are updated almost automatically.
Web 2.0 can be described as a World Wide Web site that uses technology beyond the static pages of earlier web 1.0. It allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media such as Facebook, twitter, Myspace, etc. allowed users to read write or contribute to the content available to everyone in a user friendly way. Major feature of web 2.0 includes social networking sites, user created web sites, self-publishing platforms, tagging and social bookmarking. This was defined by Dale Dougherty in 2004 as a read-write web.
Since the development of the Internet in late 1980s, communication has changed enormously. The Internet has altered the lives of people in the world in a way that was never imagined before. As little as a decade ago, if someone tried to explain the Internet and World Wide Web, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to understand. Computers were just beginning to become popular and few individuals realized the capacity of one PC, let alone the power of a network of electronic technology. By linking together computers, users could remotely access others on the network, share information, and send electronic mail as easily as pushing a button. Millions of people with shared interests, exchange information and build communities through Web sites, email and instant-messaging software.
“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” Bill Gates. The Internet is vast and is just getting bigger. It has its own community that is open to the public. The Internet is becoming a platform all on its own. It is a stepping-stone in a direction that is unknown. The Internet has become so vast that there are now different versions of it. The different versions of the web are Web 1.0, Web 2.0, the main focus of this paper, and Web 3.0. Web 1.0 is all about sharing information. It is very bland and just gets the point across of what was needed. This how the Internet had started. Web 2.0 is sharing information with interaction. To me this means social media in some fashion. The website that was accessed has a way of interacting with the users whether it be through comments or giveaways on the web. Web 3.0 is the server interacting with the individual on a particular website. Amazon is the best example of Web 3.0 because it gives recommendations based on items that have been searched. “Among American adults 87% use the web, 68% connect...