Intro to Web 2.0

On 16 January, it was my second infocomm lesson. That day, my teacher taught the class about Web 2.0. He showed the whole class a very interesting video about Web 2.0. The link to the video he showed us is below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w

Besides, he also let us view another video about Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0!

The link is also shown below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YXFYkbQRgY4

I have learnt much from this lesson, such as the fact that it allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumers) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumers) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups and folksonomies.

Besides, Web 2.0 technologies can provide students with more engagement through greater customization and choice of topics, and less distraction from their peers!

Syndication of site content as a Web 2.0 feature. Syndication uses standardized protocols to permit end-users to make use of a site's data in another context (such as another website, a browser plugin, or a separate desktop application).

In addition, I also realise that Web 2.0 often uses machine-based interactions such as REST and SOAP. Servers often expose proprietary Application programming interfaces (API), but standard APIs (for example, for posting to a blog or notifying a blog update) have also come into use.

Web 2.0 websites also allow users to do more than just retrieve information. Instead of merely 'reading', a user is invited to 'write' as well, or contribute to the content available to everyone in a user friendly way.

While self studying, I also found out that there was a Web 3.0.

I also spot a video on Web 3.0! It is quite interesting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CG9cPtIYy8Y

First Infocomm lesson of the year!

On 9 January, it was my first Infocomm lesson of my Secondary 1 year! I was pretty excited as I got to use the computers and learn about IT stuff!

During the lesson, we learnt about Web and New Media, which my teacher, Mr Kent Cheong, taught us about. He also showed us a very interesting video that Microsoft created.

The link is shown below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWzKvQXsYM&feature=player_detailpage!

Besides the interesting video, Mr Kent also posted on the school learning platform a 57 slides reading resource about the Internet and the World Wide Web.

These are some of the interesting facts that I got  from the 57 slides reading resources

1) I now know the history of the Internet. Did you know that Internet originated from Aparanet, which was a Networking project by Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and that its goal was to allow scientists at different locations to share information and also to function if part of network were disabled?

2)I learnt how the Internet works! I learnt that we can connect to the Internet either by slow-speed technology (Dial-up access) or by high speed connections (Digital Subscriber Line or cable modem).

3)I am aware how to choose which kind of broadband provider. Cable Modem is the best, if you can get it, DSL has most service options, while satellite is best for rural homes.

4)I realise that there are many different ways to surf the internet, such as ISP, OSP and Wireless Service Internet Provider.

5)I have acquired the knowledge of what is the World Wide Web. It is a World Wide collection of electronic documents, and each electronic document is called a webpage.

6) I am also informed of what is a web browser. It is a program that allows us to view web pages. There are many web browsers, such as chrome, firefox, safari and etc.

7) I know the definition of what is a URL. It stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is an unique address for a web page.

8) I gain some understanding of what is multimedia. It is an application integrating text with all other media elements, such as Graphics, Animation, Audio, Video, and Virtual Reality.

9) I become aware of what graphics formats are used on the Web. There are many of these, but I shall list some of the most common points, such as BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF.

10)I learnt about Web Publishing too. What is Web Publishing, you may ask. Web Publishing is the development and maintenance of Web pages,

This is a summary of what I learnt during my first infocomm lesson!