This document introduces tools for creating, storing, sharing, publishing, and curating digital content online for free. It discusses services like Google and Microsoft for writing and storing files, Flickr and Jolidrive for photo storage, and video platforms. It also covers finding content through sites like Creative Commons, getting social on platforms, and publishing through blogs, WordPress, or Scoop.it. Advanced options discussed include virtual learning environments like Moodle for interactive teaching and forums. The overall message is that there are now many excellent free online resources for digital creativity, learning, and establishing an online presence.
15. With Web 2.0 things have changed! Today there are too many excellent resourc
16. Before we go any further, an aside about Web 2.0 – just what is it?
17. Initially with Web 1.0 we all tooled up and went shopping, then something changed. . .
We stopped being merely consumers and started creating instead. Web
2.0 meant write access for all!
18. Lots of people posted their own resources and made them freely
available for sharing
19. Writing for the Web became accessible and easier – no longer the sole domain of geeks
61. So you've acquired all this great stuff
LEARNING
You want to organise it for yourself
TEACHING
You want to share it with students
IDENTITY
You want to include it in your site to
establish your online profile
62. Thankfully for us, publishing is now as easy as falling off the proverbial log