Web 2.0 - Youtube Video Reflection

The web is virtually everywhere.The machine doesn't teach us ideas, we teach the machine; we are the web. 
Web 2.0 is interactive, information sharing, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.Darcy DiNucci (1999) used foresight when she predicted how much the web would change. She purported that the web as we knew then was only the embryo of what might develop. The web would become an ether through which interactivity happens.
 This prediction was evident in the way the student used multiple interactive methods to 'seek' expert appraisal of her work. She tried to make contact with a scientist in Australia via email and when that failed; she resorted to contacting an American scientist. It was evident that as John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly had intended, she definitely knew how to use the web as a platform for harnessing and creating ideas, pictures, text and videos.
Bart Decrem, founder and CEO of Flock aptly named Web 2.0, 'the participatory web'. The 7th Grade student lends credibility to the idea. Her page, so neatly arranged in educational and social networking sites, reeks of participation. She stated in her video presentation, that you had an obligation to get your work done. The only choice you had was when to do it.
   Although heavily criticized, Web 2.0 seem to be surviving the test of time. Andrew Keen's book Culture of the Amateur', argues that the core assumption of Web 2.0 - that all opinions and user-generated content are equally valuable and relevant - is misguided. If this was the case; where would our 7th grade student be? She is showing the world and the many critics out there how valuable the Web 2.0 tools can be, even to a young student. She used the tools responsibly and intelligently and has managed to enhance her learning. She is a 'dream' student. A high quality performer who has taken Web 2.0 tools to another level.
However it would be remiss of me not to mention the teacher who is not very adept with technology. She would be terrified to have this student in her class. No paper / pencil? How untraditional! This student would be a joy to teach despite the technological challenge she poses.Welcome to the high tech era of Web 2.0 tools in motion.