Task 1b: Professional Communications Technologies.

Hi Everyone,

Before starting this course I had no idea about any of the terminology or how advance technology is today, I was scared and ignorant to learn about this as my knowledge is so little. My initial thoughts on starting the web2.0 were extremely confused and worried about not being able to understand the complex and diverse system.
After reading 'The Reader 1 The Professional Communications Technology' I began to realise web2.0 was not as scary as I thought, but an important way to develop skills and learn new skills 'Network as Platform' collaborating with other people from all over the world. I have heard of Facebook and Twitter but from negative experiences that my peers have had with networking sites, I decided to stay clear. I feel my lack of understand as resulting in me missing out on a whole new world!
I clearly have a lot to be going on with exploring this exciting technology. Hamilton 2000 states that if barriers such as time, skill and financial commitment were broken this would create an increase of relationships between people. I like the idea that this allows people from all over the world, all different diverse backgrounds able to communicate with each other, which will help to break down the society barriers that we live in and equality will begin, my concern with this is the opposite could this also start a war and be used as a way of bullying and gangs collecting ideas to form bigger groups and if  personal details are shared where will all this lead to ?
I have asked google for the disadvantages of web2.0 and found another very interesting thought, which i have come across within my teaching experiences not me personally but another teacher, is that privacy is a problem anyone can download to 'you tube' but if the video recording was done without the knowledge of the person who is being shown in the video could cause lots of problems for professional people and students alike.
I think as long as it is in the right hands and people are aware of what it is advantages and disadvantages web2.0 is a positive learning and sharing environment.  
I like the web2.0 as a tool to finding and researching your own and others thoughts to come to an answer that I have researched and kept an open mind about, discussing carefully is a much healthier way of learning instead of accepting what you are told.