what is the web?
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Used at Sussex Downs College 19/05/08 Title started as "What is the web?" but presentation morphed into "Where is the web going?"TRANSCRIPT
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Where is the web going?
Nigel Gibson
19/05/2008 – Sussex Downs College
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Why is he doing this???• As everyone in here is younger than me (hard to
believe I know!)• There is an assumption that all young people
understand the web and are comfortable with it– is this true?
• The web is part of our lives, every day, and it’s having a profound influence on our world
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The web….• “Invented” by an Englishman in 1991 (or at least HTML
was) – anyone know his name?
• Built on the Internet which was started in the 1960s• Grew because of pornography
– Really???• A treasure trove of “stuff”• Leads to….
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Web 2.0• Term coined by O’Reilly in 2005• A response to the dot-com bubble bursting in 2001• A shift from publication to participation• The growth of social networking
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• Inserted Mike Wesch’s “The Machine is us/ing us• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
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What does this mean for us?• We can work collaboratively at a distance• We can share ideas/sounds/images• We can be part of a community or series of
communities based on our interests
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It also means….• We can’t believe everything we see on a screen• We have to know how to sort out the wheat from the
chaff• We have to learn new skills
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Sooooooooooo• Here we go!