[transliteracy and us]

I've just been reading Sue Thomas's post over at PART on how (and whether) the bbb.co.uk is meeting their targets:

1 Sustaining citizenship and civil society
2 Promoting education and learning
3 Reflecting the UK's nations, regions and communities
4 Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence
5 Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK
6 Emerging communications

Initially I began to think of discussions I've been having with my students in my new media seminars. We've talked about the potential to contribute to the bbc.co.uk via comments on photos and stories and the ability to write one's own reflections (more so on the bbc.co.uk local sites). On that level it would seem that the bbc is participating in the digital world and allow us to participate alongside it.

But, then I saw this video:




How far is the bbc (among other institutions) really going to involve and collaborate with this kind of user? (See Euan Semple on the BBC and web 2.0). With Facebooking and IMing etc..., collaborating and satisfying targets like the bbc's can't be a product, something that is *done.* It's got to be more about a *becoming;* a constant evolving process. I don't have any answers but I think that's the trouble with asking that kind of question. There are no single answers out there. I'd suppose we all (as businesses, teachers, parents, schools, universities, libraries, museums, etc...) want/need to be part of the process... but that also means having access and we know that's not something everyone shares.