The title of the video that you were asked to view this week is "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/Using Us." Referencing what you have learned about Web 2.0 through the readings in the Courtney text and through watching the video, why do you think that Professor Wesch gave this title to the video?
The Machine is Us / Using Us.
Professor Wesch gave the video this title because he wanted to reflect upon the evolution of technology and its future implications. In the past innovators of technology brought about the first desktop computer. The desktop computer was said to do many amazing things faster than a human. I am reminded of the early inventions of the computer created by Charles Babbage that spanned the length on a room. Computers were praised because they had the capability to the many functions. However, the key word here is the “capability”. The computer was built for the capability to perform many functions. However, in the past researched suggested that computers would only be as smart as the user. If the user programmed the computer to perform various functions, then it would. If the user did not have the knowledge to program the computer, then the computer would not be reaching its fullest potential. So essentially we are the machines because the more creative we became the more innovations with computers were developed. The advancements in technology have brought us to a point where technology is teaching us new concepts and ideas. There are many technologies that aid in student learning. I would have to say that the relationship between machines and us is cyclical. Machines are teaching us and then later in the future we are teaching machines to become more evolved. The internet is allowing the user to learn from each other from all over the world. Through the use of wikis users can edit the information to revise the data. However, this means that educational institutions should be teaching the students how to evaluate the effectiveness of what is read online.
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