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05 Feb, 2007

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General| Read/Write Web| Social Web

I came across this video thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger from Virgina Tech who posted it on Educause Connect. You have to watch it! It comes originally from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.

Last week I posted an article in which I struggled to define my place with instructional technology and ultimately decided to focus on the power of the web. This video cements my resolve to further investigate the power of the web, as well raises some great questions about how it really will change everything.

He thoughtfully ends his short video by saying we need to rethink the following things:

copyright
authorship
identity
ethics
aesthetics
rhetorics
governance
privacy
commerce
love
family
ourselves

If this list doesn’t show how the web will change EVERYTHING, I don’t know what will.

2 Responses to "Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us"

1 | Neil Hokanson

February 13th, 2007 at 11:50 am

Great find and thanks for sharing this. The video definitely hits on the impact of the web and the vehicle it has become to share ideas and information. Superior visual to get this point across!

2 | Video find at EduTechie.com! « Hokanson’s Instructional Technology

February 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm

[...] 13 Feb 2007 Video find at EduTechie.com! Posted by nhokanson under Education , Instructional Technology , Educational Technology , CurrentEvent , Technology Integration , That’s interesting! I came across Jeff VanDrimmelen’s blog EduTechie.com and he shares a video created by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. First, Jeff’s site is great, and he is sharing some very thoughtful ideas concerning instructional technology. Second, this video is a visual masterpiece in showing how the internet has changed our lives and connected people and information; plus, it poses interesting questions and ideas to consider. You can view the video at Jeff’s site or on YouTube. Enjoy! [...]

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