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Web 2.0: Concepts and Applications, 1st Edition

Gary B. Shelly, Mark Frydenberg

  • Copyright 2011
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Web 2.0: Concepts and Applications 1st Edition by Gary B. Shelly/Mark Frydenberg
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Overview

Web 2.0 provides dynamic and comprehensive coverage of the most current information available on Web 2.0 today. Students will gain a solid understanding of the current trends in technology and concepts associated with interactive information sharing and new web applications. Students will gain knowledge of web-based communities, social-networking, video and filing sharing sites as well as blogging, wikis and more.

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Gary B. Shelly

Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. More than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology, for the past 34 years.

Mark Frydenberg

Mark Frydenberg is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Information Systems at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He also serves as the Director of the CIS Sandbox, Bentley’s technology social learning space, which prepares students to succeed in their CIS courses and to thrive in a technology-driven business world. Professor Frydenberg teaches courses in technology concepts, Python and technology trends. His research focuses on digital literacy, collaborative learning and pedagogies for engaging students with technology. Professor Frydenberg has presented at academic and applied technology conferences and events throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is also an author of several editions of DISCOVERING COMPUTERS, and he authored WEB 2.0 CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS in the popular Shelly Cashman Series.

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  • Engaging coverage of the most commonly used Web 2.0 skills and concepts including blogging, RSS feeds, and social networking, providing students with a solid understanding of how to integrate Web 2.0 tools in their professional and personal lives.
  • Explore Exercises provide students with hands-on experiential learning that will aid in retention of skills and concepts.
  • Integration of student blogs and class wikis so that students can learn through applying the skills.
  • Discussion of social and business uses of Web 2.0 applications, illustrating the relevancy of these skills to students lives.

Table of Contents

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1. The Web Becomes 2.0.
2. Publishing Online.
3. Syndicating Content.
4. Organizing Information.
5. Connecting People.
6. Linking Data.

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  • ISBN-10: 1439048029
  • ISBN-13: 9781439048023
  • RETAIL $147.95
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