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= Google Takes Over the World = Team Members go to your assigned team page. = TEAM A = = TEAM B = = TEAM C =


 * In-Forming ** // - Flattener #9, p 176-185 //

Google and other search engines are the prime example. "Never before in the history of the planet have so many people-on their own-had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people", writes Friedman.


 * Overview of topic **


 * Google: a great flattener
 * Searching, information, knowledge
 * How does searching fit into the concept of collaboration? (Friedman calls it In-forming)
 * In-forming: The ability to build and deploy your own personal supply chain - a supply chain of information, knowledge and entertainment, without having to go to the library or the movie theater or through network TV. It is searching for knowledge It is about seeking like-minded people and communities


 * Ideas related to this topic **


 * Personal and Professional Learning Environments (PLE, VLE)
 * Search engines: comparative study
 * Social networking and Web 2.0
 * Information has become a business: eg Google


 * Google Takes Over the World, ideas to get started **


 * Explore and discuss the development and impact of Google and other search engines on the concept of In-forming
 * Compare global perspectives on using a search engine such as Google: developments and trends
 * Provide current scenarios and examples of the impact of Google on education
 * Discuss the business aspect of Google as an example of the impact of Internet connectivity and the potential for business development and possible monopolization