Podcast Review and Notes: Thoughts on Web 2.0 by Burks Oalkey II

URL: http://www.online.uillinois.edu/oakley/mp3/Web2.0_podcast.mp3
I looked at several podcasts before I chose one I wanted to report on. A new world opened up for me related to podcasts. It was difficult to choose only one of the podcasts that I listened to though because they were all interesting. The title of the podcast I reviewed is: Thoughts on Web 2.0 done by Burks Oalkey II and published in November of 2005, from the University of Illinois Online. This podcast is about the “read-write” web. I had no idea what a podcast was before I took this class and neither did I realize that podcasts have been around since about 2005. The way that I would use this podcast in my Information Literacy class or in a workshop with other staff members in the library is to listen to the podcast and then have a discussion about what Web 2.0 is. Students use many Web 2.0 tools and perhaps don’t even realize that the computer world is calling them Web 2.0 tools and my colleagues (other librarians and staff) are very interested in learning about the Web 2.0 tools. They have mentioned to me that they would like it if I would do a workshop just explaining some of the tools I have learned about when the new semester starts in January of 2009.
I would like to give a comparison of what we call Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 and how Web 2.0 is much more collaborative, more of a place to share information and community, more open to everyone and much more participative and also how information is freely given and used. I would like to show colleagues that there is a tremendous amount of educational information available in podcasts and I would also like to show students the same thing. I don’t believe that teachers realize what educational opportunities are out there concerning podcasts and I don’t believe that a lot of students realize the educational aspect of podcasts either. It would be great to use podcasting in my Information Literacy class.