Web 2.0 Compact Definition: Trying Again - O'Reilly Radar - 6 views
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Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them. (This is what I've elsewhere called "harnessing collective intelligence.")
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"Don't fight the internet."
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I really love this abbreviated definition of Web 2.0. Lately, I've been thinking about how my own patterns of technology use have changed over the past five years and how dependent (addicted?) I've become on the internet. My students are, too, so I think the best thing to do is to find ways to use the internet as a "platform" for learning rather than resisting it (tonk, tonk!) - thinking it through from a critical perspective before implementing, of course!
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I like that you highlighted "Don't fight the Internet" because I have a colleague who received a paper from a student that tried to "argue" that "we" should get rid of the internet and focus on keeping out post offices open. The concept of getting rid of the inernet was ridiculous not only because so many people depend on it (can you imagine), but also logistically. You'd have to cut power to the whole world (I asked if the student had ever seen the Terminator series). I do agree though-it's a wonderful platform for thinking and learning.
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It's ridiculous to want to fight the internet. We have read a lot of articles in this class published by people who were clearly conflicted during the advent of mainstream internet. It's scary to think that something could come out and completely change the way we do everything. It's important to remember, however, that throughout history, changes like this have occurred. There's no use in fighting it.
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