the digital decade
about 20 million websites are online
about 50 million people use the internet
social networking site facebook is launched
video sharing site youtube is launched
number of internet users: over 1 billion.
number of blogs 100 million
number of individual web pages about 1 trillion. number of searches using google search engine about to billion every day
50% of web users in china (about 150 million people) use mobile internet
what does it mean to be a student today ?
that's one question michael wesch is always asking. wesch is a professor at kansas state university usa in 2008 he was named us professor of the year. he explores how the internet and new media are changing the way we learn. technology is connecting us in way never seen before in human history, he says in 2007 he created a video called web 2.0 the machine is using us. the video quickly got over 10 million views on youtube.