{"id":88,"date":"2010-04-05T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cis.bentley.edu\/mfrydenberg\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2010-04-05T18:16:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:16:25","slug":"popfly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cis.bentley.edu\/mfrydenberg\/index.php\/teaching\/popfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Popfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/india\/images2\/mailer\/MSDN_Flash_Jun012007_final\/duck-and-logotype.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Microsoft introduced Popfly as a visual mashup maker in 2007, and I was the first person to build a college course around Popfly. \u00a0Popfly had a short but useful life. Microsoft <a href=\"http:\/\/popflyteam.spaces.live.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">no longer supported Popfly\u00a0<\/a>after August, 2009.<\/div>\n<p>In this December 2007 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/posts\/bobfamiliar\/PopFly-Goes-to-College\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview <\/a>with Microsoft evangelist Bob Familiar,\u00a0I explained my rationale for teaching IT concepts with Popfly.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><object data=\"data:application\/x-silverlight-2,\" type=\"application\/x-silverlight-2\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\"><param name=\"source\" value=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/App_Themes\/default\/VideoPlayer10_01_18.xap\" \/><param name=\"initParams\" value=\"deferredLoad=true,duration=0,m=http:\/\/mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net\/d1\/ch9\/6\/6\/6\/9\/5\/2\/365558_PopFlyGoesToCollege.wmv,autostart=false,autohide=true,showembed=true, postid=259666\" \/><param name=\"background\" value=\"#00FFFFFF\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkID=124807\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=108181\" alt=\"Get Microsoft Silverlight\" style=\"border-style: none\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/object><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, February 10, 2008:\u00a0 The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/10\/business\/10slipstream.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times business section<\/a> describes Microsoft Popfly, and profiles how my class at Bentley used it as an educational tool for learning how to interact with data in new ways.<\/li>\n<li>April 1, 2008: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/campustechnology.com\/Articles\/2008\/04\/Wikis-Blogs--More-Oh-My.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Campus Technology<\/a> described our use of Popfly as an innovative way to teach Web 2.0 concepts in the classroom.<\/li>\n<li>April 4, 2008:\u00a0My IT101X class is featured\u00a0 featured for using Microsoft&#8217;s Popfly software in the Boston Business Journal article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentley.edu\/news-events\/pdf\/BBJ-PopFly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Popfly Software Deal a Hit for Microsoft, Local College<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York Times\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2008\/02\/10\/business\/10idea.xlarge1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"181\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"__ss_1110596\" style=\"width: 425px;\"><strong><a title=\"Mashups in the Information Technology Classroom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/checkmark\/mashups-in-the-information-technology-classroom\">Mashups in the Information Technology Classroom<\/a><\/strong><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sigcsemashups-090306090216-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=mashups-in-the-information-technology-classroom\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sigcsemashups-090306090216-phpapp02&amp;stripped_title=mashups-in-the-information-technology-classroom\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div >During the summer of 2008, \u00a0I worked with the Popfly team and wrote a series of nine lessons on using Popfly to teach IT concepts. The e-book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/PopflyLessons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Creating Popfly Mashups: \u00a0A How-To Guide for Teachers, Students, and Popfly Enthusiasts <\/a>originally appeared on the PopflyWiki, and has been archived\u00a0on the Web here:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Getting Started with the Popfly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/IntroPopfly.pdf\">Mashup<\/a> Creator: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Mashup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Earthquake Maps and Spinning Photos: \u00a0What is a Mashup?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/RSS.pdf\">Your News, Gadgets, and Online Trails: Mashing RSS Feeds in Popfly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Objects.pdf\">An Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts Using Popfly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Lists.pdf\">List Processing: Make a Personal Weather Map with Popfly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Maps.pdf\">Map\u00a0<em>Mashups<\/em> with Popfly: Photos, Coins, and Houses for Sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Logic.pdf\">Decisions, Decisions: Learning Logic with Popfly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/XML.pdf\">Under the Covers: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Learning about XML using Popfly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mis-laboratory.com\/faculty\/Maps2.pdf\">A Super Sized Fast Food Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While Popfly is gone, the technology concepts explained in these lessons make for interesting reading, and provide suggestions for creating applications using other mashup tools. \u00a0For example, I was able to implement some of my favorite Popfly mashups using Google spreadsheets. (They just looked a whole lot nicer in Popfly!) Check out the Real Estate Map mashup below. (Note: The map may not display properly in Chrome.)<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/gpub?url=http%3A%2F%2F9tm49u91btpu7le36r63p2sj07eqiv5p.spreadsheets.gmodules.com%2Fgadgets%2Fifr%3Fup__table_query_url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fspreadsheets.google.com%252Ftq%253Frange%253DE1%25253AF10%2526headers%253D-1%2526key%253D0AuxOf9fk5luWcHdVMG9qdFBNc1dxbmFwVU5MYmt6TFE%2526gid%253D0%2526pub%253D1%26up_title%3DReal%2520Estate%2520Map%26up_show_tooltip%3D1%26up_enable_wheel%3D0%26up_map_type%3Dhybrid%26up__table_query_refresh_interval%3D0%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252Fig%252Fmodules%252Fmap.xml&amp;height=560&amp;width=450\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft introduced Popfly as a visual mashup maker in 2007, and I was the first person to build a college course around Popfly. \u00a0Popfly had a short but useful life. 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