What makes the web so powerful?
As the Skype video from a 5th grade classroom shows, the web allows communication to take place where it wouldn't if the web were not available. Our own Ed Tech classes have been a textbook (or should I say wikibook) example of the power of the web. I, among many, "attended" one of our classes from my home by watching a live streaming video (Ustream) and joining a web-based chat room (tinychat.com) that was visible to all course participants. Thanks, Web! We also benefited from guest speaker experts who lectured via Skype. Thanks again, Web! On our blogs, remote experts on certain topics were able to comment on our ideas and give us feedback that others in our immediate class would not have been able to give. And thanks yet again, Web!
All of this communication is available mostly free and is almost instantaneous.
Is free instant communication with theoretically anyone not evidence that the web is powerful?
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