To be able to express yourself is the key to sucess

After reading "Rigor Redefined" by Tony Wagner I learned what the world is expecting from us today.  From what I have heard my parent had much different expectation when they were young. Most everyone had pretty good communication skills. As our technology has progressed our generations skills to communicate in real life environment have rapidly decreased. It is much easier to just send someone an email or a text message. To have good communication skills and still keep up with the technology is key in this day and age. I would almost say our expectations have decreased in some areas of the work force. If a requirement as simple as being able to communicate is key, and other skills are not as important that shows what the world is like today. Our technology is great, but our communication skills should not suffer because of it. Our generation needs to work on being able to communicate in real world situations. As well as using our technology to our advantage to. As the world progresses, we need to adjust ourselves to change with it.

We are in charge of our own infromation.

After watching Wesch's video “Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us” it made me realize where our information is really coming from. People rely on the webs information every day, not always thinking about where the information comes from. I know that I never really bother to look who wrote what I am reading, or any of the background informaton from it.This video made me realize we are really the source of our own knowledge. We are the key to spreading it as well. I look up things and do not think about the time it took for this person to put their knowledge out in the world. I think that those people should get more credit for what they do. We need to be more appreciative of the people who take the time to put their work out their. Maybe even become more brave and share our knowldege with the world. It is very interesting how one little idea can turn into a life changing development for people. All things started with just one idea. I think we should all put our ideas out there no matter what other people think of it. One idea could change a life. That is why we need to express our opinions and help eachother.