Reflect of the Article " Skills 2.0" by Harold Jarche

The main messages of the Article "Skills 2.0" by Harold Jarche is to teach that Web 2.0 "is the growing set of tools and process that allows anyone to easily create digital content and collaborate with other without any special programming skills" (22) Therefore, through this article the reader learns about the importance of using Web 2.0 and the benefits of using it.

The first supporting message is the explication of professionalism and communities and how Web 2.0 affect them. For example, the author states that " [he] had considerable growth in [his] professional network since [he] started blogging." The Second supporting message is the explication of how "Open Source" has change society. For example, the author says that "learners no longer have to integrate into an educational system; if they choose to, they can connect their networks to it" (23). The third supporting message is the teaching of what are the tools that blogs offer to the user. The article states, "variates of blogs include text, videos, and audio, but all blogs are simple, give individuals voice, and enable conversation to flow" (24). The forth supporting message is the exposition of the skills for learning professionals, which are attitude, learning, and collaboration. For example, in the attitude skill the author affirms that " instead of trying to know everything in the field, we can concentrate on knowing with whom to connect" (24).

I like the author's idea of "people with larger and more diverse networks have an advantage as learning professionals and in dealing with change" (24) because networking will help me to have the knowledge of "whom to connect" (24). How to create this larger and more diverse networks? Using in my professional life Web 2.0 will help me to create these kinds of networks easy and fast.