Tuesday 5 March 2013

Lecture Report on Emerging Trends: Mobile Technology, Social Media, Web 2.0

      
Today's lecture encompasses the beginning of mobile telephony, its pros and cons, a brief about Web 2.0 and features of this enticing medium.

The concept of mobile telephony was generated in Germany and subsequently spread to the other nations of the world, coming up with the first device in 1991 and paving way for sms services in 1995. The common advantages of this medium are-


    1.  Fastest way to connect to people


    2.  Cost-effective

    3.  Essential part of life

    4.  Increasing role in Disaster Reduction


The following are the illustrious disadvantages-

    1.  Leads to harmful symptoms being caused by radiations

    2.  Causes Addiction

    3.  Encourages Cyber-bullying

    4.  Makes people disturb work schedule and unpunctual

    5.  Can cause accidents

Web 2.0- In a summarised form, it refers to the technology beyond the static page of websites. It has revolutionised the whole viewing experience of websites and web pages. It has led to much more interactivity and has led to customisation according to the whims and fancies of the user. It has got a number of features like the ability to search through keywords, links, encouraging authoring on net, categorising content through tags and the quiddity of extensions. It goes beyond mentioning, the importance of Web 2.0 in the field of education. The first video mentioned below talks about the Web 2.0 in detail and the other video talks about  the its importance of application in classrooms.  












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