In Lev Grossman's Time article about 2006's person of the year he states "It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before." This relates to the further discussion of Web 2.0 and the importance that simple search engines like google or user updated pages like wikipedia have on the world today. This article is very clever in distinguishing to the way life was before we had blogging, amazon, or even google. I love how it relates everyday people in everyday life making life changing discoveries. I agree completely with the idea that websites like youtube, google, and amazon are changing the way we live for the better. I think the future for web 2.0 is very bright, because of the way it's bringing us together. Nowadays checking a blog written by a friend from Denmark is just a click away, and searching for your favorite tv show box set on amazon doesn't take all afternoon. In the article "Walking the Web 2.0," Will Richardson writes about the importance of educators using blogs, podcasts, or even wikipages.The article discusses the difficulty that teachers have with this new technology, and even though it is useful it can take a while to adjust. The older generation seems to be somewhat afraid of where this new technology could take us, but I am very optimistic with the future.
Mary Camp
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