Since I have been talking about the basics of Web 2.0 and such in the past few posts, I decided to show some good examples of Web 2.0. This site
http://www.dapper.net/ shows some examples of good uses of data and information for normal as well as advanced users. As per the FAQ on the website : "Dapper is a service that allows you to extract and use information from any website on the Internet. For those familiar with web services, you can think of Dapper as an API maker. For the rest of you, Dapper allows you to build web applications and mashups using data from any website without any programming." This is just a great way to get someone started on some cool ideas about Web 2.0!! The most interesting example I thought that was realtive to this week's posts was this application called Blotter:
http://www.dapper.net/dapplications/BlotterBlotter automatically tracks any blog after the first time it is requested using the Dapper web service as the base. It keeps a track of various statistics like rank of the blog according to Technorati as well as number of links to the blog. Even though it is a simple application, it serves the purpose of showing how things are shaping up for the future of Web 2.0. Just try it out! I am in this post :-)
1 comment:
I find your blog to very interesting. I was new to this idea of Web 2.00, but you have provided some excellent resources to help explain and define the concept. The drapper site is an interesting website and could possibly be beneficial for educators. What ways were you considering on using this site or this new information in terms of education? I thought maybe it might be useful for compiling information for students instead of having them search a variety of webpages you could build a mashup with the information you want them to see from other sites. It is a really interesting idea, and I can not wait to see what you are thinking about in terms of how you are going to apply this to education.
Megan
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