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Google Wave

Google Wave. What the heck is it?.

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Google Wave

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  1. Google Wave What the heck is it?

  2. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things. -Douglas Adams

  3. Google Wave: My Personal Take • Google Wave is… well, it is bizarre. In keeping with the previous quote (since I am thirty-six) Google Wave must be against the natural order of things. • However, it has a few significant features that seem like they might be useful in a classroom setting. • It also seems as if Google knows that Wave is strange and that they are banking on its strangeness to attract interesting people and ideas. It is as if the brains at Google asked, “What would happen if we build something really weird and wacky, and then turn it loose to the geek community?”

  4. An Overview • First, Wave is a community-building application. It combines instant messaging, wikis, e-mailing, and translation services into a dynamic and collaborative system. • It is entirely dependent upon the community. The more people with whom a user can have a conversation, the more useful the application becomes.

  5. Terms and Concepts • Wave: Waves are threaded conversations. They are like IM’s or e-mails, but it is like being able to see your entire IM history with one person. Others can be invited to join the Wave, and their contributions are updated. It is possible to go back and edit, tag, or comment on the wave at any point. • Wavelet: A specific sub-set of a larger wave. For example, if a class has an ongoing wave on Root Words, the discussion of Anglo-Saxon roots would be a “wavelet.” These can be brought up, discussed, edited, etc. • Blip: An individual message within a wave.

  6. Terms and Concepts Continued • Extension: These are apps that can be set up to run or be used within a wave. • Gadgets: Extensions that users can interact with and participate in. Think Facebook. • Robots: Automated participants within a wave. These could pull in information from other sites (like Twitter) or perform actions (like give updates on scores when a particular rugby club is mentioned). • Embeded Wave: A method of taking a Google Wave and placing it on an outside website.

  7. So, how can we actually USE it? • http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/5-tips-for-parenting-with-google-wave/ Geekdad is a GREAT site… so of course there were some cool ideas! • http://chronicle.com/blogPost/How-to-Teach-With-Google-Wave/19501/ This addresses using Google Wave in the University setting, but it is still interesting and has applications to upper-level HS students.

  8. Pros and Cons • Dynamic and real-time updates. • Allows for conversations to be archived; interesting side-trips need never be forgotten! • The open nature of the application allows for creativity in use and planning. • The open-source nature of Google Wave would allow for inter-disciplinary work with computer or technology classes. • The open-ended and ill-defined nature can be daunting to students and educators alike. • The ability to modify content on-the-fly could encourage students to wander intellectually… small moments off-topic could hijack a whole day!

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