Blog #3

A) Why Web 2.0? There's very little I know about Web 2.0 but I see much of its potential. As an educator I see that it can be a useful tool. It can be a useful tool to promote different avenues of communication with teachers, students and the community in a way that strengthen the community learners. The changes is reshaping traditional communication between all members of the community, breaking down barriers between social classes, international boarders, and where we actually think our boundaries lie.

B) As the community lines and boarders dissolve as the Web 2.0, we wait for Web 3.0 otherwise known as Semantic Web. Currently when we search for any information, it organizes sites "in order by popularity rather than, by say, source credibility" [The Power and Peril of Web 3.0 (Ohler, 2010)]. Web 3.0 is both frightening and exciting because it will change how we collect information. It will connect all source of your information and with a single search of your phone number, other information will be revealed such as address, what car you drive, your favorite restaurant. It would make research much faster and easier to access but it leaves people too exposed. I personally, like to keep some of my personal information to myself.

C) As I look into Web 2.0, however, I see much of its educational potential. Its easy to download, easy to access. It is a community binding tool that allows a stronger and tighter bound between teachers, students and community. It is easily accessed and it is accessible by learning communities around the world; and I think its is uniting the world faster and easier than ever before.