New Applications and Strategies for .edu
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The Buzz
A New Social Context for Information
Welcome to the first issue of a new Campus Technology e-newsletter, Web 2.0, pertinent to the times and to higher education. A term that grew in currency over the past three years, «Web 2.0» refers to the next generation of the Web, which we now have. This newsletter will capture the latest buzz about Web 2.0, suggest the implications of that buzz for higher education, and point toward interesting and useful Web 2.0 sites and functionalities for educators and students.
Weighing In
Democratization vs. the Lowest Common Denominator
We could say that Web 2.0 is about the tools but also about democratization — the sites we think of as Web 2.0 sites often use voting functionalities to reveal «the wisdom of the crowds,» a continually evolving consensus about what’s important. But, this Web 2.0 enthusiast has some misgivings about the democratization of information in Web 2.0…
Products and Apps
Folksonomy in Action
The folksonomy phenomenon is a response to the overwhelming volume of information on the Web. How did we end up with such a daunting super-abundance of information? And how will we cope? Here are a few approaches…
SpringSource Offers Spring.NET 1.1
SpringSource is offering the final release of Spring.NET 1.1. The framework, which apparently was released early last month, lets .NET developers use some of the features that are currently available in the open source Java-based Spring Framework.
Panopto Makes Lecture Capture System Free for Educators
Rich Media software developer Panopto is making its CourseCast lecture-capture technology available free to qualified educational institutions, including K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The software is being distributed though the company’s new Socrates Project to provide free access in exchange for participation in «ongoing beta and developer programs aimed at continually enhancing the technology….»
GWT: Advanced AJAX Security
Billy Hoffman gave a talk on advanced AJAX security at the recent Google Web Toolkit (GWT) conference in San Francisco. Hoffman manages HP Security Labs, which was SPIDynamics until HP acquired it this year, along with Hoffman. He focuses on automated discovery of Web application vulnerabilities and Web crawling technologies.
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