Unraveling the Mystery of Web 2.0

Today, while searching for a topic to blog about I came across an old website. For those who are "digital immigrants", or are "digital natives" (Crook, 2012) that happen to be born during the time when the field was burgeoning, can truly appreciate the development that occurred in the last two decades.

If you had asked me about 6 months ago how social media can help one learn, I would be out of my depth trying to provide a response. For me, social media was just that -- a medium to help you be social . Just looking at my interactions with friends and with social media, they were largely sharing of stories, photographs, or playing of little games. I would not have considered that learning.

As a fairly avid user and consumer of the web, I have come across many tools and sites. But I think many would agree that are just too many to try them all. Instead, we just know of  them, and that is about it. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I came across a new function within an old tool.

As this week draws to a close, I must admit that I still have no firm handle on my readings and topics of this week. Between 'Copyright' and 'Creative Commons'; and 'Folksonomy' and 'Ontology', I knew I was in for a tough time getting through the content. And unlike a happy movie, I cannot say that I came out on top.

This week, I explored a new content curation tool called 'Scoop.It!' and here is what I found...