The Educator's Guide to the Read/Write Web
By Will Richardson
Overview
The Internet world has been changing from a place where people consume information to a place where people are publishing information. In this article the author discusses the tools people use to publish their ideas and how these tools are changing what it means to be “literate.” Some of the tools discussed in the article include blogs, which allows anyone to create a personal or group Web site, Wikis, which are Web sites that anyone can edit, and Really Simple Syndication (RSS), which enables people to subscribe to various feeds of information. These tools bring new questions for educators: should our curriculum change, should the concept of literacy be revised, and how do we best use the writing that this new writable Web provides? The author challenges teachers to rethink their role as content experts in order to act as guides to better help students navigate the vast amounts of information on the Web.
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