Social Computing

After reading Will’s blog on Social Computing at the University of Michigan, I realized that this relates to a concept that we have discussed itn ENG 307. As a class we have all experimented with new technology, and we have succeeded at picking up the basics. I agree with Will here: why do we have to have a degree in social computing? What we need to teach our students and ourselves to do is experiment with technology. We need to make technology instruction authentic by making our students learn from mistakes ad actually take up the concept.

In fact, our students shouldn be proficient in this before they enter college. They need to enter fields that are math and science based, so they can apply the technology they learned to these fields.