Tinkertoys

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Doug Johnson refers to technology tools that allow one to create things instead of just using them as "Tinkertoy software.



I remember Tinkertoys from when I was a kid and I think the analogy is perfect. The direction that web 2.0 tools are taking us is clearly in the direction of "Tinkertoys" and I am all for it. Let us create, collaborate, communicate. It's about the connections we make (check out George Siemens learning theory of Connectivism) and what we understand of the information (and artifacts) that we assemble.