Web 2.0′s Potential Impact on Teaching and Learning
This short video is a quick primer in the merits of Web 2.0.
Title: Web 2.0 … The Machine Is Us/ing Us
By: Michael Wesch
After watching the video, consider…
This was posted on the Abilene, Kansas High School Dialogue Buzz website. It was an anonymous post, but VERY powerful. Feel free to share this with educators, parents and stakeholders about 1:1 and the power of the seamless use of technology. It seems to sum it all up!!
Let’s have a little competition at school and get ready for the future.
I will use a laptop and you will use paper and pencil. Are you ready…?I will access up-to-date information – you have a textbook that is 5 years old.
I will immediately know when I misspell a word – you have to wait until it’s graded.
I will learn how to care for technology by using it – you will read about it.
I will see math problems in 3D – you will do the odd problems.
I will create artwork and poetry and share it with the world – you will share yours with the class.
I will have 24/7 access – you have the entire class period.
I will access the most dynamic information – yours will be printed and photocopied.
I will communicate with leaders and experts using email – you will wait for Friday’s speaker.
I will select my learning style – you will use the teacher’s favorite learning style.
I will collaborate with my peers from around the world – you will collaborate with peers in your classroom.
I will take my learning as far as I want – you must wait for the rest of the class.
The cost of a laptop per year? – $250
The cost of teacher and student training? – Expensive
The cost of well educated US citizens and workforce? – Priceless
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February 13th, 2007 at 2:07 PM
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July 6th, 2007 at 1:46 PM
For a follow-up to this, John Battelle just conducted an interview with teh creator of this movie. Check it out at http://battellemedia.com/archives/003386.php
September 5th, 2007 at 7:58 PM
That was an excellent video. I felt it really showed the versatility and possibilities that the web provides.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:18 PM
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April 15th, 2008 at 11:20 AM
I think we as teachers have to adjust to the students. They do not think as we used to. We must learn to integrated computers into the classroom.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:59 AM
I agree that the integration computers play an important role in the expansion of one’s educational growth. I am just a little apprehensive when it comes to the ability to teach how to put this technology to use. We are growing so fast that once one area of technology is taught, it becomes over-shadowed by newer, better ways. It’s hard to keep up. I guess it somewhat eases this apprehension to think that at least the basics will rarely change.
April 20th, 2008 at 8:46 PM
I really enjoyed seeing the developments that have been made since the creation of the internet. We have definitely come a very long way from having only htmls at our fingertips.
June 24th, 2008 at 1:21 PM
This was a very powerful video. I like it because it seems to tell everything about gathering information. The fact that the machine controls us was very powerful because it seems that is the case. Computer use is everywhere and it is becoming more and more powerful each day.
June 26th, 2008 at 2:19 PM
This video and your words excite me more than ever about integrating technology in the classroom. I love using the web and so do my students. I now realize that I have only scratched the surface of what I can do with my kids. I am ready to teach and I am ready to learn. Let’s go!
June 26th, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I like the fact that intergrating computers and technology in the classroom should be a mojor goal of all educators. It just seems that there will be a lot of resistance from some who are afraid of technology. I think classes like IDT are great foundations to build upon.
June 26th, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I really enjoyed watching this video. If you are paying attention, there are some very powerful statements and epiphanies happening. The two I liked the most are “we are the web” and “the machine is us.” Sometimes we, or at least I, think that the Internet and the computer is not part of us or is an instrument for us to use. We are the creators and we have the opportunity to participate and produce wonderful ideas, blogs, pictures, etc in this cyber world we own. In acknowledging this ownership, as a teacher, I must take control of this new knowledge and use technology and the Internet produced by us to create more and have my students create more. What do I mean by “more”? Anything! From blogs to podcasts to online slide shows, I want my students and I to own the technology and create new items to further educate ourselves and each other.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:05 PM
I think this video was very enlightening for me. I especially loved the intro with the text changing every second then becoming hyperlinks. I have to admit I was a bit cynical before taking this class and thought that I knew what to expect. But the course has surprised me with interesting ways to apply technology to instruction.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:53 PM
I was determined to teach when I thought it was mostly direct instruction! I can’t begin to describe my determination level now! It just seems as if I have been given a whole “new bag of tricks.”
June 27th, 2008 at 11:04 PM
That’s excellent to hear, CoreyR. Your enthusiasm will be of benefit to you and your students.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
After watching this video, I feel lucky that computers and web applications have evolved so much just as I am entering the field of technology integration. Very versatile and enriching.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:42 AM
This video was very informative and also very entertaining thanks to the music and fast paced navigation. I especially enjoyed reading the “priceless” list. It’s one thing to think about all of the ways to integrate and use technology, it’s another thing to compare them with more traditional techniques. I have a new perspective and new ideas about how technology can replace paper and pen.
November 16th, 2008 at 10:19 PM
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March 5th, 2009 at 9:55 AM
After watching this video it made me appreciate the world wide web and technology more than I did before. I always knew that techonlogy would expand to what it has today, and still believe that it will get even more advance. Intergrating Technology in classrooms is just the first step.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:49 PM
What a great video!
June 26th, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Education can be a fun experience! This video shows the wide variety of possibilities that computers and its technology have given us for teaching and learning.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:12 PM
This video sums up my experience with this class. I feel as if I have a plethora of tools at hand now to increase the relevancy of my lessons to my student’s lives. There is so much at hand that we have to work with that I never even considered (or knew about!) before this class!
March 4th, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Amazing video. My favorite was the final set of comments on how we are going to need to “rethink a few things”. Identity, authorship, privacy, ethics… indeed.
July 25th, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Web 2.0 is phenomenal in its ability to link us all together to collaborate. In many of the classes, we have used this technology in graduate school. Blogs, wikis, interactive timelines, etc. have linked students together to achieve meaningful assignments and to share ideas and information. Web 2.0 is an invaluable tool!
July 26th, 2010 at 10:08 AM
There are many great things that the Web 2.0 has allowed us to do. We are able to stay connected with friends and family that live in so many different areas. What took the U. S Post Office a week to deliver, we can post pictures that happened 5 minutes ago to share with someone half-way around the world.
But at the same time, having the world “decrease” in size as far as collaboration and communication, what have we given up? We are dependent on the current technology. My car is now a docking station where the DS, ipod and laptop are charging while we are driving to the next location. What happens when it does not work and we have to rely on the skills that started all this technology. Spell check is a great thing but we need to know how to spell. How have our personal relationships changed? We take our technology (read the office) with us on our vacations.
Integrating technology is a wonderful tool for us to move to the next level but at what expense?
July 30th, 2010 at 1:02 AM
Web 2.0 is amazing, and I use it and love it (most of the time). But in response to the anonymous high school student, while the Web, or the library for that matter, gives us much more access to information than school, it can’t replace it. I’m not sure what the essence is, maybe it’s interacting with humanity without a filter. School isn’t as much about learning “stuff” as it is about developing as a human being.
Let’s use all of the tools we have to teach and learn, but let’s also remember that there is no replacement (yet) for direct human to human interaction.