For this second week of independent work, please continue conducting research on Web 2.0 resources. Some of the tools that I have been interested in for some time are shown below.
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/
and any of its associated resources, such as:
Flickrvision
http://flickrvision.com/
For this assignment, try to find a good example of how Google Maps, Google Earth, Flickr, any of its related resources, or any other Web 2.0 application you choose.
Then post a comment in which you describe the resource you selected and what you like about. You should be prepared to discuss in class if and how these resources might be used in the projects we are working on this semester.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Class Four/Five Assignment
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For my project I think that Google Maps would be the most useful from the list. Google Maps would allow prospective students that are not familiar with the area to be able to locate the university or to get driving directions. When I located the university I was able to zoom in on the map close enough that it showed me the names and locations of the buildings on campus as well and went as far to show the distinct shapes of the buildings. However, in my opinion, although this may be helpful for prospective students that aren't familiar with UH, I don't know HOW useful it would really be other than getting directions.
I've used all of these applications but for mostly personal purposes. So, I chose Gliffy (www.gliffy.com) because I'm using it in a web development project for an online startup of mine. Gliffy has several applications, but the one I'm using is the flowchart app. It's nice because you can collaborate with other people on the same document. Everything works really well, the segments drag and drop and you can even post pictures. The only drawback is that I've been unable to find a method to link to websites from flowchart boxes.
Google SketchUp is really cool in my opinion, though I'm still not sure if it would be useful for one of the projects. Sketchup is a tool to create and share 3D models. I can see how it would be useful for teachers and students, especially in the science or design fields. There is one section on the website that says it can be used for film and television purposes, such as designing a storyboard or visualizing camera angles. So it could be a useful tool for people who want to add video to their digitalstories.
Each of the Web 2.0 resources; Google Maps, Google Earth, Flickr and Flickrvision were all interesting. I liked the Google Maps, Google Earth and Flickr. Google Map offers a variety of views. The view I liked the most was the satellite view. You can actually see the area you are viewing as it really is. Google Earth offers the same feature in 3D. Flickr would be a great place to store and share my photos and videos. I think I can find application for each of these Web 2.0 resources for my personal use, however, I haven’t found application for any of them in my project. Other than what Amanda has fore stated for the use of the Google Maps.
I can't think of a way to incorporate these applications into my project except for trackig visitors to the page.
Thinking about what Amanda wrote, I found a couple of sites that might be beneficial to those prospective students.
This particular article on LifeHack has a list of many uses for online mapping. It is in this artciel that I found the following:
Cellreception.com allows you to locate cell phone towers. This might help the student find a new cell carrier based on location.
Google-Yahoo Traffic-Weather Map allows you to track traffic on top of a Google map. I thought it might be good for commuters.
For this week, I continued to work with Dr. Robin on identifying web 2.0 resources that might work with the new Digital Storytelling web portal.
Identifying that Web 2.0 can really be subdivided into three basic categories (Social Bookmarking, Social Networking, and Social Media), we discussed adding Web 2.0 icons to some of the more popular Web 2.0 apps that users might be inclined to share with others, and make these available at various areas throughout the site.
Work continues on the DS site, and I will post a follow-up once the Web 2.0 applications that will be used on the new DS site are identified and installed.
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