Where's my jet-pack?

  Wow! I could actually sort of understand what Wenger was talking about this time.  Either he is making more sense or I am just getting used to his manner of writing.  From what I gather, Wenger's definition of learning is what takes place within and among communities of practice.  It is forming an identity (whether personal or collective).  If a person is rejected from the community, they cannot learn.  I think Wenger was a bit redundant on how communities are continuous and discontinuous at the same time.  He summed it up best by saying that they are in a "dynamic equilibrium."  The interaction of communities, as described by levels of membership as well as boundary objects and brokering, ties into the article by Rogers.  The way an innovation diffuses depends heavily on how individuals act within a community and how communities interact with each other.  Another connection is that of homophily and community dynamics.  Both Wenger and Rogers note that people who share something in common, whether it be a community of practice, or a socioeconomic status, are more likely to act in a way that reflects their own groups' politics. 
    Though Rogers does not go into much detatil about the consequences of accepting an innovation, I think that it is a very important topic to consider for this class.  We disscussed how there seem to be two groups in the class, those totally for new technology and those totally against it.  I don't think there was anything such as "the good old days" and nor do I think there is going to be an "amazing, wonderfull future."  (I'm still waiting for my jet-pack!) I think that the technology is what we make of it... it is neither good not bad; it is just different.  And it is up to us to decide what the consequences (good or bad) will be.