Web 2.0 - friend or foe?

So, I had no idea what the heck web 2.0 was. When I tried to look up this topic, all I got were countless tools that claimed to be web 2.o. Well, which tool was it? Answer. ALL of them!

Apparently, web 1.o is what we called our flinstone's internet. It allowed up merely to look up information. Boring! I mean cool - I can look up what the difference between the Jurassic and the Cretaceous period is. But, I bet you wished you could click on the page and create your own dinasour, which could have existed then.

Web 2.0 does just that! It allows for interactivity. You are not limited to information retrieval. Instead you are able to "dive in" and engage in all aspects of the web. You can (as Dr. Smirnova so clearly explained) buy tickets online now, rather that merely looking up movie times only with 1.o. I mean I much prefer web 2.0. It makes things more colorful. You become a much more active participant on the internet.

Just be careful! You may leave dinosaur sized DiGiTaL FoOtPrInTs everywhere. And just like fossils, they can be excavated at anytime.

Webbers BewAre!!!!

I was thinking...

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Creative Commons ---> Pretty rad, I think!

So, I know from experience, as a teacher, I am always afraid of reproducing work that I find on the internet. Personally, I think that anything posted online should be fair game. Of course, I know that's not possible and not fair either.

But, wouldn't it be cool if there was a place on the internet that posted pictures, videos and other information that was open for ANYONE to use??? Well, never fear. It is true.

There is a campaign out there promoting this idea, which many have dubbed Creative Commons. Here, people can publish any of their works. When these authors or producers post their information, they give the public the freedom to re-use/reproduce the data without the time consuming process of finding and crediting the original author. No middle man?? Sounds good to me!

I heard someone call this idea "Free Learning!" I agree.