The author expresses concern over the the unlimited media gratification that our youth have. He is essentially talking about you! Resond to his concern:
The first problem the author has is with the threat of impluse buying of teens with a lot of money. What he fails to realize is that threat of impluse buying would of been a problem in web 1.0. In the web 2.0 it is all about networking, and chatting, and blogging with friends. Another problem he brings up is that the internet will make school boring but schools around the country are starting to use all website teenagers are using. An example of this is this class. If anything is makeing school a lot easier and better after a lesson a student can go to the internet and get more information about that subject then a teacher could ever teach them. The author kind of reminds me of someone that doesn't understand how to use a computer because that is the direction he heads with his arguements. He is out of touch with the advatages of web 2.0.
2 comments:
Jim, I agree with you about the author not considering the direction in which the web is moving. I think for us, as pre-service teachers, we need to consider the impact on our students as well as ourselves, once in the field. Do you think you will use these tools in your classroom? Also, what advantages do you see? Any disadvantages? I, for one, would not want to be in charge of monitoring webpages and wikis. Perhaps students could help with that or it would be a department-wide excursion.
I think that when the author was talking about kids having the impulse to buy things it was just a general statement about all of the technology that is available out there, not exactly just for web 2.0. However I do agree with you when you said that he might not really understand web 2.0 because it is not about buying things, it is about networking, and sharing ideas, pictures, etc....
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