Web 2.0 Goes to School
Web 2.0 has transformed the way we communicate and interact on the web. It's not surprising that colleges in the U.S. are offering courses and programs solely devoted to this new technology.
Along with your standard computer science, information technology, engineering and communication degrees, more Web 2.0 classes are emerging. Class such as Online Communities and Web 2.0 and Global Engineering are showing up.
Such skills are going to come in handy when the global economy is changing. Big firms like IBM are recognizing that technical skills of computer science degrees are lacking the global understanding of the web and Web 2.0.
So what do you do in these situations? Send your employers back to school to upgrade. Carnegie Mellon West has launched a program for a Master of Science degree in software management. Hewlett-Packard and Cisco with other big firms have encouraged their employees to take night classes at the satellite school to study software development along with business management.
It's the small Web 2.0 companies that are going to, if they aren't doing so already, create a competitive market for software development and new networking capabilities.
And while at school, maybe these new students can come up with Web 2.0 lingo to add to Addictionary.org, which is looking for new words as part of a challenge (unfortunately the contest is closed for this year, but there is always next year.) Or just check to see what other web lingo contests are being run. Maybe you can have your name beside a word? Wouldn't that be fun!
Along with your standard computer science, information technology, engineering and communication degrees, more Web 2.0 classes are emerging. Class such as Online Communities and Web 2.0 and Global Engineering are showing up.
Such skills are going to come in handy when the global economy is changing. Big firms like IBM are recognizing that technical skills of computer science degrees are lacking the global understanding of the web and Web 2.0.
So what do you do in these situations? Send your employers back to school to upgrade. Carnegie Mellon West has launched a program for a Master of Science degree in software management. Hewlett-Packard and Cisco with other big firms have encouraged their employees to take night classes at the satellite school to study software development along with business management.
It's the small Web 2.0 companies that are going to, if they aren't doing so already, create a competitive market for software development and new networking capabilities.
And while at school, maybe these new students can come up with Web 2.0 lingo to add to Addictionary.org, which is looking for new words as part of a challenge (unfortunately the contest is closed for this year, but there is always next year.) Or just check to see what other web lingo contests are being run. Maybe you can have your name beside a word? Wouldn't that be fun!
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