Web 2.0: Web-Based Applications

Part of the wave of new media is the prevalence of Web-Based applications. Everyday computing needs such as word processing, spreadsheets, image editing, bookmarking, calendars and communicating can all be done with free browser-based tools.

Many tools are free or require a minimum subscription fee for the premium version.

• Create video files with free resources for students: word processing, pdfs, presentations
  
• Collaborative work, students: group work, collaborative study notes
• Portability for mobile devices

Google Apps  |   |  Online Image Editing  |  RSS Feeds/Subscriptions  |  Instant Messaging

Google Docs

Tour: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Help Articles: http://docs.google.com/support/

Web-based Word processing, spreadsheets, slideshow presentations -- ALSO creates PDF’s.

• Create and share your work online
• Upload from and save to your desktop
• Edit anytime, from anywhere
• Pick who can access your documents
• Share changes in real time
• Files are stored securely online

Watch this short video about getting started with Google Docs.

Google Calendar

• Organize your schedule and share events with friends
• With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of life's important events all in one place.
• Share your schedule.
• Let your family and friends see your calendar, and view schedules that others have shared with you.
• Get your calendar on the go.
• Access your calendar from your phone using its built-in calendar or mobile browser.
• Never forget another event.
• Get event reminders via email or have text messages sent right to your mobile phone.

Google Home Page: One easy way to collect news, blog posts, bookmarks, and much more is by using Google Homepage. You can also easily view your current e-mails if you use Gmail.

Wordle

ITDC Wordle Tutorial
Wordle Sample Text

Spell with Flickr

One easy to use online image editing program is Picnik. http://www.picnik.com . A year ago, It was purchased by Google (March 2010), but it still has the same great features it has always had.

From a Web 2.0 perspective, Picnik can be integrated with Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, Flickr, Yahoo Mail and Photobucket.

Picnik enables users to edit, share and print photos. It has some of the basic features of an image editing program like Photoshop without the learning curve. The beauty of Picnik is that you can RESIZE photos from your digital camera for use on the Web, in PowerPoint or for Enhanced podcasts, without the need for image editing software.

However, always please contact the ITDC if you need help with image editing: help with downloading photos from your digital camera, resizing and and optimizing photos for the Web or for presentation, etc.

An RSS Subscription (also known as feed or Web feed, stands for Really Simple Syndication) is a format that brings updated / latest / current information directly to subscribed users. Syndicated content can can include news feeds, listings of events, stories, headlines, etc.
You can make any page rss ready and you can add rss feeds to blogs or wikis.

More information about setting up RSS feeds. 

Find out more about Instant Messaging.

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