Task 4
When my 23 year old son came home tonight he found his way to my blog because I had neglected to sign out. "What are YOU doing with a blog?" he jeered as he rolled around laughing at my first attempt. No doubt I'm the laughing stock of Facebook now! Undeterred though, I waded through the task 4 readings and now I really know for sure I'm a dinosaur. I felt like I was trying to read a foreign language as I went through those readings. Has anyone published a dictionary for Web 2.o yet? I don't even know the web 1.0 jargon. I thought a double click was performed with the mouse and akamai vs bitTorrent was probably a natural disaster. Anyway at least I've widened my vocabulary tonight. Onward and upward!
I will admit that I laughed out loud when I read your story about your son. I'm so glad you weren't deterred though - you can't pay any attention to a 23 year old anyway! I know I wouldn't :)
ReplyDeleteThere is probably a Web 2.0 dictionary (and of course I had to look it up so here is one example http://www.webopedia.com/Web_2_0/ - it looks pretty useful but obviously I haven't looked at every entry!) and there is also likely to be a Web 2.0 for Dummies book if you want to try your local public library! I'm sure that you've absorbed more than you think. I think Web 2.0 is simply online activity which is interactive - participation and collaboration from both the creator and the user.