Google Wave

Marvelous new development from Google. Think of a "wave" as a conversation Participants can enter this conversation and leave it at any time. The software helps you, as a participant, to keep track of the conversation, participate in a meaningful way, and invite others into the discussion.

The way the app handles an online conversation is so much more intuitive than anything I use now. Looks like it would be easy to follow the various twists and turns of real conversation. I'm excited to try this out when it comes available later this year.

It's still in development but watch the demo to get some examples. I think it has the potential to change the way we work together online.



[Image: captured from the video: Google Wave Developer Preview]

David Warlick's Social Networking Wiki

David Warlick put out a request to his readers yesterday to participate on building a wiki about Social Networking. He is doing a presentation and wanted to create an example to show his audience. The following questions were posted on wikispaces and almost immediately the document started growing and changing.

1. What is Social Networking?
2. What are some of the differences between how our students use social networking and how professional educators use it?
3. What are your favorite social networking applications?
4. What’s the latest thing you learned from a social network?

Over 100 folks accessed the page and I had a blast going back at various times during the day to look at the changes. It was my first time participating in a collaborative wiki and I gained some useful insight from participating.

[Image: Screenshot from web page: Social Networking for Teachers, http://socialnetworking4teachers.wikispaces.com/ Nov 14, 2007]