Week1

Introductions, Syllabus Review and Course Overview
Internet and Web History, Technology Evolution and Change. How did we get to Web 2.0? How does it differ from traditional web publishing? What is Social Computing?

Reading List
Edgar, Robert. (1995). PC is to Piaget as WWW is to Vygotsky. (Presentation to SIGGRAPH Conference 1995). http://www.robertedgar.com/RBEGrid/Articles/PC2PIAGET.HTM

Jutecht, Jeff. (1996). What is Web 2.0? (Online Video). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w

Fisch, Karl. (2007). Did you Know? 2.0 (Online Blog and Video). http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/06/did-you-know-20.html

Babies Show Social Intelligence – Journal “Nature” – Kiley Hamlin lead author http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7103804.stm