Five hundred years ago, Gutenberg presses did not immediately
enable people to overthrow monarchies, drive the Protestant
Reformation, and invent science as a collective enterprise. The
interval between the technological advance of print and the
social revolutions it triggered was required for literacy to
spread… Digital literacies can leverage the Web’s architecture
of participation, just as the spread of reading skills amplified
collective intelligence five centuries ago. Rheingold, Howard;
Weeks, Anthony (2012-02-24). Net Smart (Kindle Locations
133-145). MIT Press. Kindle Edition. A few months ago, my friend
took her car to the dealership to get an oil change. The
dealership will remain “nameless,” but I myself have been there
before and they give you free coffee, free WiFi while you wait,
and even a red rose when you leave (I kid you not!). My friend
is a teacher and so she appreciated the free WiFi as she was
able to work on grading her report cards as she waited on the
oil change. The good folks who ch