Web 2.0 refers to any application on the web that centers around people doing what they would like to do in terms of productivity, networking, having fun and being able to do it anytime, anywhere!
Screen Recorders: UStream defines itself as "an interactive broadcast system" so it basically means that anyone can record themselves with their webcam talking about anything and upload it to an internet site (ustream.tv) where it can be easily accessible to anyone!
How UStream can be used to increase productivity: UStream can definitely be used in a variety of ways, but the first thing I thought of was being able to record a professor's lecture in class to be able to listen to it again and again. I'm not sure if that is legal though...? Another thing I was thinking of would be for practicing speeches, for instance, the debates we had in Educational Psychology yesterday. It seems like not a whole lot of us, myself included are used to speaking in front of a group of people or in front of a camera under the circumstances we aren't just sharing what we are thinking or feeling... UStream would give us all a way to sharpen our public speaking skills and help give us confidence in our abilities.
Personal Productivity: Tiny URL is a tool that allows a person to shorten the web address from a long line of jibberjabber to something that is short and easily remembers, cut-able, paste-able, and share-able.
How Tiny URL can help us: It seems pretty obvious that Tiny URL is going to be used more and more as web based products are going into the classroom more in the future. By shortening the URL, students will be able to access the information they need to faster, and encounter less stress in doing so. For instance, the URL in my last post the linked to my groups Google Form was fairly lengthy. By putting the long URL in the Tiny URL generator, we get this instead: http://tinyurl.com/2fspnqz pretty cool!
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