electro-textual

At the recent ACE e-showcase, Michael Gwyther from YUM productions gave a great account of how they have used web2 technologies in one of their multimedia courses. Here’s the list of tools they’ve used:

1. Blog
2. Social Bookmarks (delicious)
3. RSS Feeds
4. Podomatic
5. Slideshare
6. Flickr
7. Video
8. RSS Feed reader! (Bloglines)

The key for Michael is RSS feeds. As multiple students post their course reflections and assignments to their blog, he is able to read the updates from a single place .. his RSS feed reader.

For a feed reader, i like google reader, but michael prefers bloglines. (There are so many options.)

Whatever works for you and your learners is the best choice!

i liked michael’s comment that when most people hear the word “feed” they think oats and hay.

Here are some of the web addresses michael handed out:

• Class blog: c2mm.blogspot.com
• Gwyther social bookmarks delicious.com/mgwyther
• Class podcast: elearn.podomatic.com

Plus (mildly related):

• here’s my own “shared items” from google reader,
• and my “social” bookmarks on delicious (which isn’t really very social).

PS: What exactly is RSS? => i have some notes over on my wikispace.
This video from Common Craft is also one of the best explanations around:

PS i’m sorry i refuse to say web 2.0. It’s a waste of time. We’re not getting web 2.1, so for me it’s just web2. Okay?

photo credit: Colleen AF Venable

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