R/w and Educause Blog 2

1. I believe the same things that the Net Gen does. My life seems to be based around technology. When I got a phone that allowed for me to check my email and go I the internet, I thought that it was making my life easier. In reality it was just connecting work and free time. There no longer a seperation. It is the same thing with students of the Net Generation. Their lives are based around this technology. It is how they keep in touch with the outside world. It interests them, which is why many students find online classes fun and exciting. It something that speeks to them in the language that they speek most fluently. The idea of the younger population moving forward with technology is not a new phonemenon. It has happened in the past as well when tapes became cds and vhs became dvds. It just seems that the Net Generation is taking it much further. I think that this is a great way to communicate. It is quick and efficient. The time of having to track down your professor is almost gone. Now it is much easier to send them an email and wait for a response because like me many of them have followed the evolution of technology and have phones or other resources that allow for them to check their email very frequently and quickly.
2. When I first saw r/w I did not know exacly what it was. Then I found out that it mean the read/write web. As I read further I realized that I knew and had used many R/W programs before. One of them caught my attention immediately, because I had never seen or heard of it before. It was aggregators, and it seemed like a very simple easy to use program. Google docs is a free online word processor, spread sheet, etc. Basically it seems as if it is like Microsoft Word in a way but allows for people to use it for free. It seems to be a r/w program because a person uses it on the internet. A person can read work that is sent to them by other people and also fix and write things themselves. I have never used google docs before but professors that I have had in the past had mentioned that if students did not have word, then they could use google docs.