Evolving Web Tools - Notes from Shimon Rura's Presentation
Erstwhile Otter Shimon Rura, developer of Voo2Do and Frassle, currently with Renesys, did a presentation at the Mass High Tech Leadership Council yesterday that succinctly introduced the evolving web tools we are using for our Learning 2.0 projects. Here are my notes which may include some of my own additions so apologies to Shimon if they aren't verbatim.
Evolving web tools can be described in terms of the type of communication and collaboration they improve and the resulting effects on personal relationships:
Communication
one-to many: a better newsletter, e.g., essay blogs, podcasts, videocasts
These tools enable experts at all levels of an organization to publish without an editorial bottleneck. Low cost and ease of use provide a better way of finding experts and connecting them with the appropriate audience.
one-to-one: better phone/email, e.g., Skype, IM
These tools help maintain and sustain relationships.
Because Skype is free you can leave a connection open to simulate presence.
High school students will take their IM buddy lists with them when they graduate
many-to-many: a better public forum, e.g., Yahoo groups, email lists, forums, blog communities,
By pulling together content and recontextualizing, these tools encourage communities to more rapidly self-organize
listening: a better clipping service, e.g., aggregators, blog search engines, radars, social bookmarking
These tools help you find and continually monitor the sources of information you need. We've written a lot about these tools here and here already
Collaboration
document production: a better whiteboard, e.g., wikis
productivity: a better to do list, e.g., Voo2do, [Basecamp], bug tracking, shared calendars
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