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Reflections on the Web 2.0

Posted in Technology and Teaching on February 11th, 2007

The “Web 2.0” is the interactive internet made possible by wikis, blogs, social bookmarking sites, etc.

For an analysis of Wikipedia, one of the most successful implementations of this new technology, see Marshal Poe’s “The Hive,” from the Sept. 2006 issue of the Atlantic Monthly. For a demonstration of Wikipedia at work, watch: Heavy Metal Umlaut, a screencast by John Udell.

For some delightfully thought-provoking (and creatively presented) reflections on the power of the evolving web, see Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us and (in reply) Re: Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us. These presentations are being discussed at Digital Ethnography @ Kansas State University.

Stayed tuned for a post on “Information versus Knowledge,” in which I will reflect on the implications of some of these new technologies within the context of human learning.

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Posted in Technical Support on February 11th, 2007

Beware the Pseudo-Thesis

Posted in Early American Republic, Writing on February 8th, 2007

The Work of Topic Sentences

Posted in Writing on February 7th, 2007

Jefferson vs. Hamilton (ch. 1)

Posted in Early American Republic on February 6th, 2007