535 Week 5

I thought that looking at other Web 2.0 tools was the most interesting assignment this week. The one that I found to be extremely interesting was the point.

It is a website that allows group action to happen once certain requirements are met. So, if 1,000,000 people sign an online petition not to work on Election Day, everyone who signed on is notified that the million mark has been reached. Then, people will know that there are nearly one million other people who agree with them, and collectively they can take action.

I think that comes at a good time. My school has had a couple of issues that have come up recently, where it has been necessary to take collective action. The first is when the superintendent pulled the musical "Chicago," due to parental concerns. There was a student petition floating around to keep the show on.

The second issue we have had is with the administration's desire to change to a block schedule. Students also organized a petition to stop this from happening. I think that using an online forum would have better help students, parents, and community members to organize!