Reflection Articles

Reflection on 2.0 Articles
o What are the main messages in each of the articles?

*We need to accept the fact that we do not know everything and reach out to others for help.
Knowledge is not constant or fixed, it is always changing.

*People work like computers. We work the best when we are connected together in a network.

*The way the world is changing, so the way people are learning, and exchanging knowledge is changing. Now people can participate in long distance learning, people in Samoa can learn about things we are learning in the U.S. without even setting foot off their island. Peoples ability to colaborate is blessing our lives, and helping us reach out to one another and share what we know.

In a knowledge
economy, the
individual is
the knowledge
creator, and
relationships
are the currency.


o What are the supporting messages?
*Who you know is as important as what you know.
*People no longer have to be professionals in one narrow field, as so many people are sharing information we can know a little bit of everything. By joining others we can Connect, exchange, contribute.
*We must first accept the fact that we do not know everything, and cannot know everything,

o What are the examples they used to illustrate these messages?
People no longer have to spent alot of time being diagnosed by doctors or rely soly on journalists. If we have questions or concerns we can take them to the web and have our questions answered in matter of minutes, without even leaving the house.

o How do you feel? What do you think you can apply in your own professional development?

*I think that by getting to know people and networking. Networking and making friends has already proved to be very beneficial. I love the quote, "Can a greater miracle occur that to look through one an other's eyes for a moment?" Though it is important to have experiences and touch and feel and awaken our senses to beautiful new sights and smells, so much knowledge can be passed from one person to another if we share. Life is not a competition. Hoarding what we know and shutting our ears to what others know only hurts us. As we look to one another we will become faster, smarter and stronger as people.