Post #5 Is the Web 2.0 bubble about to burst?
July 20, 2007
Web 1.0 fights back. Blackboard ( our favorite web app) fires a shot at Second Life. I was not wildly impressed with my first viewing of Second Life. I’m not sure why I would go to all the work of making an avatar for an online class discussion.
Facebook is not all that friendly to libraries, either. The Facebook terms of conditions don’t allow users to imbed search apps, including catalog searches– the exact thing that libraries are trying to do. So, libraries can attract Facebook users, but not show anything useful. Librarian.net has some interesting, if cynical theories on the reasons behind the blocks.
YouTube pulls guitar lesson videos due to copyright infringement. The videos used a portion of a Rolling Stones song as a teaching tool. When I first heard the story on NPR, I thought instructional videos were a great idea and could be implemented in libraries for all kinds of subjects. Just don’t use copyrighted music or books. So, if you were thinking of recording a storytime, DON’T DO IT! Record an instructional tape on how to use a software application, STOP! YOU’LL GO TO JAIL!! Record a sing-a-long, LOOK OUT FOR THE RIAA!! (Paranoid episode completed.)
I really don’t think the Web 2.0 bubble will burst (after all Web 3.0 is right around the corner) but there is still a lot to be resolved between the assumed freedom of the Internet and the rights of the content providers.
Good points, Ellen. I’m all about web 2.0, but there are many applications that will probably never be used in my high school library, which filters sites such as My Space and IMing.
That video was hysterical! I agree, Second Life is not for me at this point, but I suppose it’s an interesting concept. I think I’m going to try to revive excitement about Space Invaders and find its use as an educational 2.0 phenomenon.