Ryerson Web 2.0 Competition 1
Ryerson University hosted it's first Web 2.0 Competition this passed Wednesday, which was organized by Hossein Rahnama, the instructor for CPS630 and Research Coordinator at the Ci2 Lab.
The Computer Science course focuses on the Web 2.0 Buzzword, and its participatory architecture and protocols. The main topics of discussion the students engage in were AJAX, Information Syndication, Pervasive Web, Rich Internet Applications and Service Oriented Architectures. Using these concepts, students had the task of conceiving and building a tool or service, which would be offered via the internet. The students had the opportunity of presenting their projects in front of academic and industry judges, and gaining an insight into creating and developing the ideas, applications and services which are actively and collaboratively defining the term Web 2.0.
The comments and criticisms brought up by Many Ayromlou and Hampton Catlin were very constructive and effective in terms of developing their projects further. Michael Glenn’s questions and suggestions on marketability gave each group a clearer and focused understanding of how to take their projects from the classrooms and make it a reality. Leila Boujnane’s presentation on the important and sometimes forgotten aspects of a startup put the realities of working in a successful group into focus. Bradley Fortner’s and Karl Moskowski’s helpful comments and suggestions were to the point, and allowed the students to see the potential of their ideas.
Thanks to the Ryerson Computer Science Dept. for allowing us to put the event together, and it's Chair, Dr. Ali Sadeghian for speaking to the students.
Congratulations to the 3 winners, and to all the groups:
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Nice competition & even nicer projects. I was just searching the web to find some e-learning sites that use web2.0 to enhance learning.
Adam