Henry Jenkins Reading

This article written by Henry Jenkins was about the evolution of technology, and teaching, and how they both relate to collective intelligence. Collective intelligence is "The kind of knowledge and understanding that emerges from large groups of people." This to me is a great form of learning and gathering information, as I have always believed in the old saying two heads are better than one. With some of the techniques Jenkins spoke about in his article such as social operating systems, grassroots videos, and mobile broadband today it is quite possible for someone to assemble an army of heads to help find an answer to their problem.

A question that I am left with after reading this article is, who is Henry Jenkins? Yes his article makes sense and is very informative, however is he an established writer who knows what hes talking about, or is he just some guy stating his opinions?

I believe that collective intelligence is a great way to learn and will only become more helpful in the future. Although their are so many upsides to the use of collective intelligence, something that may occur is slackers may be able to slide by using what they can find from other peoples ideas. However, this is something that should not affect the use of collective learning as it will not be harming anyone but the person who decided to take the easy way out.