Web 2.0

From MediaStudies

In this session, I'll give a bit of an overview of "Web 2.0," and we'll talk some about both the significance of these read/write web practices and the ways that the web is continuing to develop.

If you have other particular issues that you'd like me to cover -- the history of the web, aspects of new media theory, or what have you -- you might add them here, and I'll attempt to add them into my presentation. --KF 11:51, 12 September 2008 (PDT)

Assignments

In preparation for this session, be sure to read the linked documents and watch the linked video.

Tim O'Reilly, "What Is Web 2.0?"

Dan Gillmor, "The Read/Write Web," from We the Media

Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us

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(maximum 18 students; if 18 have already selected, please choose another session)
This session will meet in Crookshank 8 on the Pomona campus.

Sookyung Bae
William Tran
Alice Stevens
Samantha Sias
Devin Rapson
Samantha Morales
Nikki Morin

Post-Class Info

The "You" quality of Web 2.0

The idea of "you" was different between the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 phases. Alice mentioned how she treasured having to learn HTML coding and other similar languages when she created her first web page. Her efforts were not money-minded; she simply earned intrinsic value from doing so. My "you" definition was completely different. These days, it takes a few seconds to start a blog. My example in class was that I can just go on YouTube to see how I can tie a tie. I do not have to analyze the physics of the maneuvers. The idea of "you" has become less specialized and more accessible.