Time to start a new topic! I began reading for Assignment 4. The powerpoint presentation was a very good review of what Web 2.0 is and how it can affect the training world. It got me thinking about my own online "presence."
I have been a myspace fan for a long while but find more connections with old friends on Facebook. I've branched out beyond a classroom blog to personal blogging on blogger. I can find myself on Twitter, LinkdIn, and even classsmates.com. I use it for diet tracking and exercise tracking with sparkpeople and Nike plus. I am 100% Minty according to an interactive financial site. Another course has us networking on Ning and Huddle. I have used Second Life a bit and am an active participant on professional listservs and discussion boards. I am oddly unnerved at the number of people out there with the same name as me however! I bank online, shop online, and am annoyed when I cannot find the information I need about a local business or event online. When tempted to buy a book on Amazon, I pop over to the library's site and see if they have the book I need. I not only use the internet at home but also at work and for this course. I have internet access on my phone should I need it while away from a full service computer. It is definitely an interactive medium for my life and not simply a one-way connector to information.
The idea of Web 2.0 and performance technology is a natural fit for learners with extensive web experience. These types of users expect to get out of the training what they need. They wish to search. They wish to have "smart" interaction with the system. They wish to have a place to leave feedback and comments.
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