After viewing this video, The Web is Us/ing Us, I realized how much I never really thought about what goes behind all of the applications, websites, and tools on the internet. I never paid much attention to who is responsible for putting all of this stuff out there, who wrote all the "html" codes, etc. It's weird, one day I just dialed up to the internet and-Poof! There it was! I watched on the video how several sites had "mashed" their data together and I realized that I take all of it for granted. I do almost everything on the internet these days-pay bills, watch TV and movies, and even take a course online without having to set foot in a classroom!
The video also made me "wake up" in a way when it talked about how WE are the ones who are putting all of that stuff out there. It was just last year when I started getting to know exactly what this "web 2.0" stuff is about and how we are no longer passive users and consumers of the internet. We are creating what is out there and we are working together to create virtual spaces where we can put our minds together to create whatever it is we want to create. Pretty cool!
The video also made me "wake up" in a way when it talked about how WE are the ones who are putting all of that stuff out there. It was just last year when I started getting to know exactly what this "web 2.0" stuff is about and how we are no longer passive users and consumers of the internet. We are creating what is out there and we are working together to create virtual spaces where we can put our minds together to create whatever it is we want to create. Pretty cool!
Jackie,
ReplyDeleteAs you point out, since all of us are creating the content on the web, it's important to teach our students to be critical thinkers before accepting "whole cloth" what they read on the web. Deciding what information is reliable is certainly part of the new literacy skills that we must teach.
Dr. Burgos