Web 2.

0 and "The
Cloud" in the biology
classroom

• N. Sivasothi

• delicious.com/sivasothi/buzzed2009

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Role of tools

• Engage/Enhance

• Excite/Explore

Related talk later...

• Express

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Basic tools

• HTML (90’s)

• Mailing lists (1998)

Blogs (2003)

• platform independent, web-based

Web2.0 (2005)
Internet apps (2007)

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Painful...

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Painless!

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Bonus! - Summary of response

Text

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Enhancing delivery

• Delicious.com (2003)

• Flickr.com (2004)

• Youtube.com (2005)

Not new...

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Delicious
Folksonomic bookmarking (2003)

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 http://delicious.com/
sivasothi/batangkali

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http://delicious.com/sivasothi/lsm3261

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http://delicious.com/sivasothi/echolocation

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Popular booksmarks for “echolocation”
based on all delicious users

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Ben Underwood
slate.com

• Lost eyes to cancer, aged 2

• Mother learns of his ability to perceive
surroundings, aged 5; now aged 16

• Echolocates
• 2006 - People magazine, CBS news,
“Extraordinary People” tv series,Youtube,
Oprah, etc.

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Human Echolocation

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Flickr
Folksonomic image platform (2004)

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 Community resources
can enhance education

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 Kelley Kuhlman
http://flickr.com/photos/paperglyphs/
2315279189/

Acknowledge
contributor!

Camouflage in
Peacock Flounders
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José Eduardo Silva
http://flickr.com/photos/
97968921@N00/1767585490/

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Alexander Yates Henry & Tersia
http://flickr.com/photos/ http://flickr.com/photos/
alex_and_terhi/2178306820/ 69919391@N00/2778741446/?

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Rodrigo Sala
http://flickr.com/photos/
rodrigosala/2459314107/

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 William Dalton
http://flickr.com/photos/
bovinacowboy/469864374/
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 Licensing
write to contributor
or already granted (creative commons)

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 Direct
interaction
cf. passive (tags)

Comment to encourage!
An expressive audience member.

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Searching
(old skill)

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 http://flickr.com/photos/tags/catsinsink

Text
How to
search?

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http://flickr.com/photos/tags/catinsink

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 ddelph2
http://flickr.com/photos/
62015716@N00/616741695/

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YouTube or Google Video
Folksonomic video platform (2005)

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 Indo-Malayan mimic octopus
Thaumoctopus mimicus

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=260
Norman MD, Finn J, Tregenza T (2001) Dynamic mimicry in an Indo-
Malayan octopus. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 268(1478):1755-1758.
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Enhancing expression

• Blogging

• Google Apps

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Blogging

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 Push or pull?

• Read the blog or

• send the email?
• Or both (archive + push).

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Digression

Student rephrases
question

Having thought out

query, a
comprehensive answer
is provided

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LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

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Data sharing with Google Apps
LSM3251 Ecology

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Google Docs

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Group Data

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Online lamentation!

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Honours
proposal

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Life skills, Old skills
Beyond the subject matter

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Role of tools
Engage, excite, express
Active citizen, science communication

http://delicious.com/sivasothi/buzzed2009

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Acknowledgements

• Kenneth Pinto, CIT, NUS, for the

invitation and discussion of
content.

• The community of contributors to

online content on Flickr,
YouTube, Wikipedia, etc who
have helped to enhance
teaching.

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