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Web 2.0

I’m sitting in another Web 2.0 presentation, this one at TRLD in San Francisco, and realized that I have been hearing and even talking a lot about Web 2.0, but haven’t been LIVING it personally. However, this is about to change. Here I am sitting in the session with David Warlick, connected to the Internet (love the multi-tasking), and have decided that updating my blog is the first step. However, caution to new bloggers, if your Internet connection is spotty, you might want to type in Word and then upload your work by copying and pasting (I just lost my first entry due to loss of Internet connection�"love the Verizon data card, but inside rooms in large buildings do have some difficulty with connection).

So, anyway, I’m thinking that typing my notes (the way I best process new information) may also benefit other interested individuals who may be reading. First of all, David is one of a new trend of presenters that use their blog/webpage to guide the presentation rather than a traditional, bulleted PowerPoint presentation. Slides are used sporadically and when text needs to be read by all in the audience. However, to model and share examples, he goes live to the Internet and navigates straight from his blog. One of the benefits of this, is that all of the presentation resources are accessible to everyone (in the audience and out). You may access his at http://handouts.davidwarlick.com

David Warlick quotes (as exact as possible):
• “Blogging is about reading, and thinking and writing…it is a literacy engine.”
• “It’s stopped being a writing assignment, it’s a communication assignment…it becomes a conversation.”

More to come in future….

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