Web 2.0 – the read/write web

Enduring Understandings: Who cares what I write on my blog? When learning together, what comes first: reading or writing? Listening or speaking? Learning sticks better when what we do is "for real“. We learn better when we access not just the same stuff, but also each other. Essential Questions:

Who cares what I write on my blog?

When learning together, what comes first: reading or writing? Listening or speaking?

Learning sticks better when what we do is "for real“.

We learn better when we access not just the same stuff, but also each other.

“ The community value of a network grows as the square of the number of its users increase. ” Metcalfe’s Law

Practical Web 2.0? Blogging What is the sound of one hand clapping?

What good is one fax machine?

“ Usefulness” = Collaborators 2

… however…

Can’t quantify “usefulness”

Limits

Overload?

time

Noise?

Heuristic value

Keeping an eye on the time: http://flickr.com/photos/badboy69/2333409688/ Heavy load: http://flickr.com/photos/ccdoh1/406700106/ Hands clapping: http://flickr.com/photos/kevflanagan/364568552/ Noisy crowd: http://flickr.com/photos/wili/1015520862/ Tentacles: http://flickr.com/photos/dontworry/332667811/

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