how Web technologies are shaping education

This article is late to the conversation…and for regular readers here, will not really present anything new: How Web technologies are shaping education : “Teachers are starting to explore the potential of blogs, media-sharing services and other social software - which, although not designed specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower students and create exciting new learning opportunities.”
…but I imagine articles of this nature - that reach beyond our edublogger community - are important for mainstreaming these ideas. In an arrogant, self-serving way, I must say that after a few years of reading/writing about these ideas, I’ve lost some of the magic and power inherent in these new tools. I know many educators are just now beginning to experience blogs, RSS, wikis, flickr, etc. I am finding that my interest is far less in the tools themselves…and much more in how we need to change the spaces and structures of education (even society) to permit knowledge to flow. We can only add new tools for so long…before something in the system must change. I hope we get there soon.