Web 2.0 and YOU!

1. How will emerging technology (ie: blogs, videos, e-readers, e-books) affect literacy?I believe that emerging technology will help improve literacy skills in people. These new kinds of technology will help increase the rate that information is shared. People will be able to learn things much quickly than before these technologies were available. Blogs and videos allow people to easily communicate ideas to one another. E-readers and e-books allow people to conveniently read books without the weight and bulk of a physical book. It also allows people to carry more books around with them wherever they go. This means more people will be able to read whenever and wherever they want, therefore increasing literacy skills.

2. How is Web 2.0 challenging us to "rethink ourselves" (ie: friendships, work, education, community, family, etc...)?
Web 2.0 is challenging us to rethink ourselves because of all the new ways of sharing information. We need to rethink our relationships and friendships with people because of potential privacy issues. Since technology allows information to spread quickly, this could be an issue with privacy because personal pictures, videos, and ideas might be involuntarily shared with other people. We also need to rethink our education because it is very easy to gain access to information with this new technology. We will need to rethink class curriculum and how teachers teach students, incorporating this new technology.