Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - Web 2.0 Introduction
What is Web 2.0 and what the advantages (and the disadvantages) of utilising the power of Web 2.0 technologies within your website? This course is ideal for those wishing to learn more about this high profile development of the Internet and where Web 2.0 technology is taking us, particularly when used as a platform for social interaction websites and user-generated content.
During the course we explore the latest in Web 2.0 technologies and implementations, examining and dissecting real world examples of Web 2.0 in action, which a particular emphasis on highlighting both the great potential and hazardous pitfalls to be aware of when deciding how much Web 2.0 to place within your website.
Duration: 1 day.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of using Windows and the Internet is required.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to both CS3 and CS4 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. In addition, we also now preview the functionality of the new Adobe CS5 suite. Our Apple training courses utilise the latest versions of Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Courseware: The book which accompanies this course is posted to you upon payment confirmation.
Accommodation & Transport: Details of local accomodation and transport can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
What is Web 2.0?
- An Introduction to Web 2.0
- Understanding the new world of content covering movies, music, news, blogging and podcasting
- Operational issues: Threats, opportunities, legal, social issues, trust, copyright etc
- Define Web 2.0 and contrast its features with rich media content and services with traditional Web applications
- Understand the business models being employed
Web 2.0 in action
- Last.fm
- Flickr
- Yahoo Mail
- Google Maps
- MySpace
- YouTube
Applications of Web 2.0
- Rich Internet applications
- Mashups
- Social Networking
- User-generated Content
- Mobile Web 2.0
- Podcasting
Web 2.0 Technologies
- xHTML
- CSS
- Feeds (Blogging/RSS/Atom)
- Ajax & Javascript
- Ruby on Rails
- ActionScript 3.0
- Adobe Flex 2
- Adobe Flash Lite
- Other technologies
The Future of the web
- Web 3.0
- The Intelligent Web
- Semantic Web
