Let’s start with the simplest question How many of you regularly use the internet? How many of you use the internet primarily for email? How many of you have an idea about what the interactive web or web 2.0 is all about? A little history.

In the early days of the internet, everything was black and white and we were faced with terms i.e.: Archie, gopher, Mosaic Pages were static, just giving us information and perhaps a link to another site, but nothing more. Connection is between the user and the server. after dot-com collapse new look at web interactive, customizable Web 2.0 user centered collaborative

Not a new internet, but rather the use of the Web as a platform. That is, work can be produced, modified and shared right from the web, rather than from our desktops 3 categories Interpersonal computing Web services Software as a service centered around a whole new terminology : social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups and folksonomies

Visualization of web 1.0 vs web 2.0

Summarize the differences Connection is from user to server to other users and between users

Instead of World Book online…… Wikipedia Instead of long emails to keep updated…………. Twitter Instead of reading personal diaries and information updates at websites………..Blogger Instead of finding the news………….RSS can deliver the news to you Instead of your IP homepage……………iGoogle Instead of printing pictures and attaching them to an email…. Upload your pictures to Flickr and share them with friends, familly or the world Instead of waiting for a reunion to find old friends or a meeting to make new connections…………Facebook

The Early Days

The Interactive Web Interpersonal Computing Social networking Blogging Wikis Online videos Web Services Mashups- 2 products interlinked in one Web application Every Block Chicago Google Maps eBay Software as Service Remote access Google docs Slide Rocket Zoho

A Very Different Web

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 Static User to server connection only Webmaster controls Interactive User to server and between users Customizable Web 1.0 Web 2.0

Tags

What is a Tag? TAGS a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching.

What is a Tag?

What is a Tag? TAGS Tags are used to classify and identify an item.  The difference from a typical directory classification though, is that tags are user-created, meaning YOU decide what gets grouped in whichever way suits you. 

Why We Tag TAGS Helps organize large amounts of information and facilitate searching User generated tags allow you to determine how to best find the information Tag clouds allow you to see what tags are used most often

Tags in Flickr

Tags in Flickr

Tags in Flickr

Tags in Delicious

Tags in LibraryThing

Tag Clouds Visual representation Alphabetical listing More popular tags display in larger font

Tag Clouds in LibraryThing

Tag Clouds in LibraryThing

Why We Tag TAGS Helps organize large amounts of information and facilitate searching User generated tags allow you to determine how to best find the information Tag clouds allow you to see what tags are used most often

RSS Feeds

What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication A time-saving way to receive news and information updates (often called "RSS feeds", "news feeds" or "feeds") from your favorite Web sites and blogs. Using RSS enables you to see the most recently added contents of a web page in a concise, easy-to-read format Feeds typically consist of headlines and short summaries of new articles, blog entries or search results

There are probably a number of web sites or blogs you read on a regular basis. One way to read them is to visit each web page separately and scroll through its content

RSS feeds make it possible to see the content of them all together in a simpler format

Keeping up via RSS is… Convenient : everything is in one place Faster than loading full web pages Free of ads (mostly) Anonymous (does not require e-mail address) Available for smaller devices (cell phones, PDAs) Highly customizable

Basic terminology FEED A web feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it.

Any web site or content provider could potentially syndicate an RSS feed News Blog entries Photo-sharing web sites Calendars/ event announcements Advertisements/ sales Job postings RSS feeds are particularly useful for sites on which content is updated frequently and is time sensitive

How do you know if a web site you visit regularly has an RSS feed? This symbol is one common indicator

Sometimes you need to look carefully for an indicator of a feed. …and when this link is clicked, a user sees feed choices on a separate page On this site, you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page…

There is a link to rss feed choices on the home page of cnn as well Here are a few of the feeds offered by the New York Times

Subscribe RSS Other ways RSS feeds may appear XML icon With logos of feed readers

Blogs will often omit the orange icon but include links that say “Subscribe”

Feeds are customizable Visit topix.net and create a feed with news from 50,000 sites containing keywords you select Traffic.com has real time feeds for Chicago traffic hot spots User-specific feeds on Flickr show you newly added photos from your friends, new comments on your photos Many sites offer feeds which match your location, your search terms, the specific content you want to see.

“How exactly do I subscribe to an RSS feed?”

An aggregator is needed Also known as a feed reader or news reader, an aggregator is software or a web application which gathers syndicated content in a single location for easy viewing.

You probably already have the capacity to read RSS feeds. The newest browsers integrate the capacity to display RSS feeds properly. Aggregators are now BUILT IN to lots of software you already use.

If you are on a page containing feeds, Internet Explorer 8 helps you detect them with this button, which turns orange

Click it to see a dropdown menu listing the feeds detected. Left click any feed title to see the current feed content and to subscribe.

Once you have subscribed to a feed, you can see its current contents by clicking its title in your feeds list (on the tab next to favorites)

You can also view RSS feeds in E-mail Clients In Outlook 2007, The names of your feeds appear beneath your regular e-mail Inbox

RSS in E-mail Clients Apple Mail is similar, with a section for RSS feeds underneath your mailboxes Clicking the feed name on the left displays the headlines from the feed in the top viewing pane Clicking a headline from the top pane displays its contents in the bottom pane

If you want to be able to read your feeds from any computer, you have web-based aggregators as an option. Web-based aggregators are web pages which you can customize to contain your feeds.

If you’ve customized your start page for web-based e-mail, then you’re probably already using RSS feeds Feeds added to Yahoo’s start page

For the more serious RSS user… There are web-based applications dedicated only to reading RSS feeds Bloglines Google Reader

Anyone with a Gmail account has access to Google Reader Look for the “Reader” link near the top of your Gmail home page

When you first go to Google Reader, you will find some selected groups of top feeds on a range of subjects By clicking the “subscribe” button, you are subscribed to the whole group of feeds at once

Here are Google Reader’s feed titles Headlines of the selected feed appear here

Keeping up via RSS is… Convenient (available where you want it!) Fast Ad-fee Customizable

What is ?

Twitter is… A free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them.

Sign up at Twitter.com, then use “Find people” to search for people or organizations you want to follow. Getting started

Click “Follow” to add that person’s Tweets to your feed

Click “home” to see the Tweets of everyone you follow (in the order they were posted)

The latest tweets from each of the users you follow appear at the top of your feed Each tweet will indicate when the user posted it Tweets frequently contain links to web pages and further information, presented in an abbreviated form

In addition to any browser (Twitter.com), you can read your Tweets on A computer application dedicated to Twitter A mobile device (smartphone/ PDA) How else can I read my Tweets?

Here is the “PRPL Student” feed viewed in an application called Twitterific (for the Mac)

Once you have a Twitter account, you can also post your own tweets to share your news and ideas with the people who follow you Type up to 140 characters in this box, then click “update.” All of your followers will see your update.

Tweets are brief (maximum 140 characters) Tweets do not require a response (although you can respond – publicly or privately– if you want) Tweets can be sent quickly and easily from mobile devices, making it possible to update in real time Anyone with a Twitter account can follow anyone else (but you can block people from following you if you want) you can keep up with what’s being said about current topics and events How is Twitter different from e-mail?

Twitter has its own tagging system which some people use to categorize the subject of their tweets Twitter tags are called #hashtags and are preceded by a hash (#) mark #hashtags can be created by anyone and their meaning is not always obvious #hashtags

#hashtags You can probably guess what these tags are about This set is not so clear (sometimes you can guess from the context)

Searching for ted kennedy in plain English gives only results in which his name appears in that exact form

Searching for the #hashtag #tedkennedy gives results which may use his name in many forms

Follow what’s being said about EVENTS Learn about details never reported in traditional news sources Ways to use Twitter

Follow celebrities, politicians, or leaders in your field who tweet Public Figures Public figures post opinions, questions, comments, and personal information on Twitter that cannot be found elsewhere

Keep your own friends and family updated on your activities Personal updates

Follow organizations and businesses for announcements and special offers Businesses and Organizations Keep advertising and marketing out of your e-mail “in” box!

Reach hundreds or thousands of people quickly if you need information Help & ideas

http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ Further Twitter resources

http://wefollow.com (Twitter Directory)

What is Facebook? F A C E B 0 0 K A social network service focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.

Why Social Networking F A C E B 0 0 K Easy to use Large community of users Find friends Network Make new connections Share pictures, videos, links with people in one location

Welcome to Facebook

Login to the Facebook

Your Facebook Home

Your Facebook Home

More Home Page Features

Your Facebook Home

Facebook Pages

Your Facebook Profile Page

Profile Info

Profile Info

Your Facebook Profile Page

Profile Photos

Your Facebook Home

Friends

Your Facebook Home

Your Facebook Home

Account Settings

Privacy Settings

Other Social Networks

Why Social Networking F A C E B 0 0 K Easy to use Large community of users Find friends Network Make new connections Share pictures, videos, links with people in one location

Customizing the Web with

Here is Google’s standard start page. You’ll notice a link in the corner to iGoogle

If you’ve used other Google services (like gmail), sign in with your Google user name …or create a user name by clicking “Get started”

When you sign in to Google for the first time, Google provides some suggested content for you. Customizing the Web

This is the page automatically created using my choice of topics: Chicago, cooking, entertainment Each square module on this page is called a “gadget”

This is the page automatically created using my choice of topics: Chicago, cooking, entertainment You can customize further using this link

You have thousands of choices of gadgets to add Your own gmail Gas prices in your zip code News from local sources

Your own Twitter feed Your Facebook news feed Photos from your Flickr account

To add gadgets to your iGoogle home page

Browse for gadgets by category To add gadgets to your iGoogle home page

Search for gadgets using keywords To add gadgets to your iGoogle home page

Click “Add it Now” to use on your page To add gadgets to your iGoogle home page

The gadget just added looks like this

Some gadgets work like mini-applications or tools that you use right from your iGoogle home page

A “to do” list you can edit from this page

Weather map you can drag to re-center

Calculator

Unit Converter

Games!

The design of your page can also be customized using thousands of choices Google users provide

A customized home page lets you take advantage of the interactive and personalized features of the Internet: RSS feeds from almost any site - chosen to reflect your interests Displays of your own personal e-mail and account information from your social media sites (Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) Tools that run applications within your own home page (calculators, “to do” lists, calendars, etc.) Colors and styles that you choose

All a twitter : a personal and professional guide to social networking with Twitter      Morris, Tee. 004.678 CMM TWI MOR The Twitter book      O'Reilly, Tim. 004.678 CMM TWI ORE Twitter : tips, tricks, and tweets     McFedries, Paul. 004.678 CMM TWI MCF I'm on Facebook, now what? : how to get personal, business, and professional value from Facebook     Alba, Jason 004.678 CMM FACE ALB   Facebook : the book that should have been in the box     Vander Veer, Emily A. 004.678 CMM FACE VAN Available at Park Ridge Public Library

How to find a job on Linkedin, Facebook, Myspace, and other social networks     Schepp, Brad   500 internet hints, tips, and techniques : the easy, all-in-one guide to those inside secrets for blogging, vlogging, photologging, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and more     Oliver, Dan. 004.69 COM OLI   The About.com guide to online research : navigate the Web--from RSS and the invisible Web to multimedia and the blogosphere     Boswell, Wendy. 004.678 INT BOS Available at Park Ridge Public Library

Have fun! Created for Park Ridge Public Library (Park Ridge, IL) : August 2009