Breathing Fire into Web 2.0
By Justin Hardman and David Carpenter
To start off, I needed to Google Web 2.0 so that I might understand what it was I was reading here. Web 1.0 is old, and Web 2.0 is the Phoenix rising from the ashes of that dot.com predecessor. This article and its authors discuss the many uses of mydragon.net, a web 2.0 "multi faceted virtual work community." This resource allows for educators and students to share and communicate in real time, making this a valuable education tool. From what I understand this dragon, net is similar to that of our schools Web Ct.
Q1) Although this can be extremely valuable to students education how could so much "virtual world" environments effect students ability to interact with "real" people? What could be done to encourage students to interact in person?
A. Organize events, see below.
Q2)I understand how this tool is highly effective at creating a networking and database for students education, but worry that so much time in front of a computer without human interaction may be detrimental to a students ability to deal well with people.
A. This could be used to organize social gatherings or athletic events to help get students out.
I'm not sure how my questions relate to the article but then again this article was somewhat confusing. I think the authors may spend too much time on mydragonnet and not enough time with people, because their ability to explain this system to the layman was not very effective. By no means am I a Luddite, but we should make sure that students are balanced between the dragon world and the one with people.
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