What does Web 2.0 mean? (At first, I did not notice the author of this video)
The Machine is (Us)ing Us (More compelling Web 2.0 concepts)
After watching the videos above I think CCSNH needs to catch up with Web 2.0.
Students who graduate need to be fully conversant with social/professional networking and collaboration, team building, using the Web to compete, collaborate, cooperate and stay ahead of your competitors. All of these are skills fostered by project based learning using Web 2.0 tools.
My son (a graduate of Middlebury in film and computer scienece) is a Web developer for Marsteller in NYC. He gave me a book for Christmas called "Getting Real - The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application" by 37signals, a web application company.
The book is available for purchase in paperback or .pdf download or on the Web for free - a Web 2.0 phenomenon that enables content to be constanly updated easily and also describes the business model, values and strategy of the 37signals company. It's good marketing for 37signals and a model for using Web 2.0 tools to collaborate, innovate, make mistakes and adapt quickly to be leaner, faster and more responsive than your competitors.
The Less Mass pages of "Getting Real" describe Web 2.o concepts in the work world and are a good example of why students need to learn Web 2.0 skills to prepare for the work world as it is today, not a work world that no longer exists.
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Hi Paul,
ReplyDelete"Getting Real" looks like a great book - I like the quote you linked to: "When it comes to web technology, change must be easy and cheap. If you can't change on the fly, you'll lose ground to someone who can." Very true!