Web 2.0

Advancement, improvement, and success are all synonymous with the Internet now. Progressing from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 seems almost unbelievable considering how the Internet came into existence less than 20 years ago. The immense growth of the Internet has caused it to become Web 2.0 and is considered a huge occasion in human history. As Batson mentions, it is comparable to D-Day, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11. Alexander also places great importance on Web 2.0 and how much of an impact it has made on daily life for humans. The accessability, endlessness and hype the is the Internet is is discussed in both articles in great detail.

Batson focuses on Web 2.0 in the classroom and how it has become almost another teacher and partner in education. The traditional way of learning of simply the use of books, teachers and blackboards is a time of the past. The present time and future of education are looking to include much more technology, especially that of Web 2.0, and less to include physical human speech to learn. Alexander's article focuses more on an older/everyday user of the Internet, more of an older student. The wording he uses and examples he gives relate more to a college student or older person still in education. Nonetheless, Alexander explains the dynamics of the Internet and how sites like Google have tools such as Google Maps that now bring satellite imagery directly to one's screen. His topics are less strictly about education in the traditional sense, and more about education in the real world.