Web 3.0

I’ve just finished reading a very informative article suggested to us in our ETL401 module by our lecturer. Lorenzo’s (2007) article gave a brief summary of a list of technological jargon that I’ve heard of but some I’ve never bothered to find out what they mean. Things like  Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 and RSS Feeds. Chatting to a friend at school today, I mentioned that I was reading about Web 2.0 and she told me that was old hat. The new buzz word was Web 3.0! So doing a Google search I found this overview of the differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.

Web 1.0 - That Geocities & Hotmail era was all about read-only content and static HTML websites. People preferred navigating the web through link directories of Yahoo! and dmoz.

Web 2.0 - This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.

Web 3.0 - This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.

from: http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/

Web 3.0 is mainly about personalizing the web to suit you as an individual.

Here is a good website to look at if you want a good example of how Web 3.0 might work:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm

Reference

Lorenzo, G. (2007). Catalysts for Change: Information Fluency, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the New Education Culture. Clarence Centre, NY: Lorenzo Associates, Inc., March.http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm

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Take a look at the following YouTube video on the differences between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. It explains Web 3.0 comprehensively.

Ebooks!

Teacher librarians and school staff in general are noticing a shift in focus from traditional printed books towards electronic books and electronic readers. These digital mediums provide readers with increased interaction and manipulation of the text through their many features and functions. Teacher librarians are interested in the impact of these products upon students’ reading engagement.

This is a topic that interests me as I am an owner of an Ereader and as yet there has been little study undertaken on the effects of Ebooks on Australian students. To assist students with their motivation to read more, school teachers need new and dynamic ways to encourage reading and make it fun  It would be interesting for a study to be carried out on whether Ebooks could be used as a motivational tool for reluctant readers.

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The Digital Environment

As part of my new subject, INF405 – The Digital Environment, we are asked to note things that are part of our study environment that could be considered part of the digital environment.

From what I have read so far, my understanding of the digital environment is the use of computer technology and its surroundings. This includes the digital data and information as well as the physical presents of hardware.

The list of what I use in my study environment is as follows:

Hardware

Personal Computer:

Central Processing Unit (brain of the computer)

Random Access Memory (memory)

Peripherals:

Input devices – keyboard, mouse

Output devices – monitor, printer, modem, speakers

Storage devices – hard disk drive, USB stick

Servers – CSU server, Optus server

Software

Systems software (uses Graphical User Interface) – Windows XP

Applications software – Microsoft Word, Google Chrome

Databases – CSU Library database, State Library of Victoria database

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