The issue for debate is: What are the individual, organizational, and social benefits and dangers of Web 2.0 technology? Divide into groups of three. Your group’s task is to think of as many relevant points as you can concerning the issue for debate. List these points on a flipchart for presentation. Time allowed: 10 to 15 minutes. Present your points in plenary. Your points will be awarded ‘quality marks’ for relevance, importance, plausibility, and creativity. If your argument for a point is particularly impressive or original, you can win more quality marks. The group with the highest quality marks will be declared the winner. Time allowed depends on number of groups: up to 45 minutes. Consider two of the main benefits and two of the main dangers that you have identified. To what extent are these inevitable consequences of Web 2.0? To what extent do these consequences depend on how individuals and organizations decide to use the technology?

1. To encourage breadth of thinking about a topic, in this case Web 2.0 technology.

2. To develop skills in producing a wide-ranging and balanced assessment.

3. To consider the extent to which technology determines or facilitates the outcomes or impacts that it produces.