at the base of this
āinformation revolutionā are new ways of relating to one
another, new forms of discourse, new ways of interacting, new kinds
of groups, and new ways of sharing, trading, and collaborating.
Wikis, blogs, tagging, social networking and other developments that
fall under the āWeb 2.0ā buzz are especially promising in
this regard because they are inspired by a spirit of interactivity,
participation, and collaboration. It is this āspiritā of
Web 2.0 which is important to education. The technology is
secondary. This is a social revolution, not a technological one, and
its most revolutionary aspect may be the ways in which it empowers us
to rethink education and the teacher-student relationship in an
almost limitless variety of ways.