Web 2.0, the next generation of Internet for Education?
The basic framework of the so-called Net 2.0 or the social network is being viewed by some as the next best thing that has happened since encyclopedia started coming out as cd’s or DVDs weighing a couple or grams instead of a couple of kilos. Some are seeing it as another attempt to use technology for a sinister purpose, but imagine schooling at home as you enter a virtual world (classroom) with all your classmates ( i don’t know what they’ll be called in the virtual world) and going on with your business just as you would have in schools of today. A dream, more than that for the social network is indeed a powerful toll for education. Imagine getting constant feedback from all the possible resources that are available on the internet. Access to some of the best research labs with the latest research and development technologies plus more all at the click of a mouse. The internet can be a safe place for people if they only listened and kept quiet for a while to marvel at the advances it has made in just a few decades.