myedna will will be firmly embedded in the growing world of Web 2.0 - that nebulous collection of tools that allow users to contribute on the web. A remarkably popular tour of Web 2.0 is The Machine is Us/ing Us, a video on YouTube that has had nearly 4 million views since January 07. The author is Professor Wesch of Kansas State University. The 4.5 minute video tells the story of how the web is developing in a highly graphic way. It delivers the message most effectively because the pace and movement in the video represents how the active user is at the heart of web 2.0 developments. The machine is us pun in the title neatly sums it up.
myedna will bringing together the I, me, and us among educators in Australia.
The accompanying text on Prof. Wesch’s web page shows how he was as amazed as anyone that his audience of millions came into being.
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