Learning 101 in Web 2.0 and Globalization 3.0

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[Steve Sherlock]

Some lurkers and silent spectators will remain where they are, on the sidelines looking in. Some of them will jump in when they become convinced or interested in what is going on. Some of them will jump in too late.

In the meantime, the best we can do is to make the internet library more like a classroom. You can't talk in a library can you? But in a classroom, constructive dialog is encouraged.

As the world flattens, I think survival will go to the fittest in building, working and living in relationships. We need to live respectfully in a community of our choice. The Ho'ohana community here is one great place to start. If the internet was not here, how could this group have come together?

Thank you Rosa, for continuing to share the aloha and prod us on!

[Greg Balanko-Dickson]

I love the question "Can you really afford to be a lurker and silent spectator very much longer?" as it implies that you cannot afford wait. You could wait but why would you want to wait when so much helpful, practical, and meaningful content lies out there awaiting your discovery?

Beyond the opportunity to improve, grow, and learn because of the Generous Web - another opportunity to connect with other people and even do business with them because you helped them with information, tools, and training online is the underlying economic engine that can fuel your business.

[Rosa]

Greg, I love your concept of the Generous Web, thank you for introducing it to me. We are very much on the same track here: I believe there is such incredible richness to be found online, both as a library, and in the form of dynamic classroom communities - richness ripe for the picking, but needing that "discovery" you mention for it to come to vibrant life.

I read a story in one of our local papers recently, about how parents appreciate yet fear the internet at the same time, and while their fears for their children are certainly justified (largely about online predators), what saddened me was that the parents are still so "unplugged in" themselves; they fear what they don't know, and thus they can't and don't experience a greater appreciation for the Generous Web WITH their children either.

When we decided to buy computers for our two children for the first time, one of their teachers gave me the best advice. She said: "Don't allow them to be hooked up in their rooms; keep them in the family room for everyone to enjoy together. And don't let them make you feel guilty for not trusting them- your responsibility as a parent trumps that concern." Taking her advice, I didn't worry; I let them explore because I did watch them. My kids were so much more savvy and such quicker studies than I, and they taught me so much while we discovered some online wonders together.

Steve, you nail all of this for me when you say, "As the world flattens, I think survival will go to the fittest in building, working and living in relationships. We need to live respectfully in a community of our choice."

At the end of the day, we are social creatures who need our relationships with each other as much as we need food, water, and air. Learning 101, Web 2.0, Globalization 3.0... all extras. Fun and exciting, but extra.