Campus session-web 2.0 discussion

At the campus session last Friday we discussed the advantages and disadvantages of web 2.0 in our professional practice. We were put in to groups in order to discuss this. During our discussion, Adesola advised our group to try and explore our thoughts and ideas using images rather than words. We each drew a picture of what we thought about web 2.0 and tried to link it to the person who had previously drawn a picture as we weren't allowed to discuss our ideas verbally until the end of the exercise. From looking at our picture at the end we discovered the following things about web 2.0:

• It is constantly expanding in different directions- some of which are good and some of which could be harmful
• It is a global utility- an amazing advantage for your career and networking as you can connect with almost anyone in the world.
• Information can be put in by anyone which can be harmful as it could lead us to believe inaccurate information. We must therefore be selective and intelligent in filtering information. Don't take everything as fact.
• There is perhaps too much information that it has become saturated. While researching we can get stuck in the same circle of information and not look far enough to utilise all the information that could be available to us.
• It can unite people of similar interest
• It can also isolate people
• It could lead to success if you build up a profile and reputation through services available
• It could ruin your reputation (anyone can tag any photo of you on facebook which could be damaging)

I tried to insert our picture here but for some reason it wouldn't upload. I have therefore put it on flickr so you can see it. Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/natalieless/5051639200/