Comments on: That’s hot – Web 2.0 and the empty vessel http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/06/21/thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Terry Elliott http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/06/21/thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel/comment-page-1/#comment-2133 Terry Elliott Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:05:29 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/06/21/thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel/#comment-2133 I couldn't help feeling that there are more empty vessels than the one we call Web 2.0. I am beginning to think that schools are ghost ships, running aground because there is really no one at the helm. Your empty vessels expression is similar to a post I had the other day about cicada carapaces. I believe we have the tools online now to begin to stop thinking about learning places as 'classrooms' or 'schools'. In a way web X.X is merely shorthand to get us away from the old metaphors and paradigms, a crutch that will allow us to walk away from the old wreck that is the school and onto a new, bustling, alive vessel that will carry us someplace we all really want to go to. I couldn’t help feeling that there are more empty vessels than the one we call Web 2.0. I am beginning to think that schools are ghost ships, running aground because there is really no one at the helm.

Your empty vessels expression is similar to a post I had the other day about cicada carapaces. I believe we have the tools online now to begin to stop thinking about learning places as ‘classrooms’ or ‘schools’. In a way web X.X is merely shorthand to get us away from the old metaphors and paradigms, a crutch that will allow us to walk away from the old wreck that is the school and onto a new, bustling, alive vessel that will carry us someplace we all really want to go to.

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2007/06/21/thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel/comment-page-1/#comment-2077 Harold Jarche Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:05:23 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/06/21/thats-hot-web-20-and-the-empty-vessel/#comment-2077 For me, "2.0" means two-way, or the fact that intermediaries are no longer necessary, whether in online business or online learning. The workers (learners) now have the tools to be co-creators of knowledge. Web/Learning 2.0 also means lack of control and that scares a lot of people. Perhaps in our lifetimes we may actually see democracy entering the workplace and the classroom. "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?” For me, “2.0″ means two-way, or the fact that intermediaries are no longer necessary, whether in online business or online learning. The workers (learners) now have the tools to be co-creators of knowledge. Web/Learning 2.0 also means lack of control and that scares a lot of people. Perhaps in our lifetimes we may actually see democracy entering the workplace and the classroom.

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”

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