Question Two Assignment for 9/14/09

Some of the R/W tools that I read about and did not know exist is Netvibes and del.icio.us. I am only hanging on a thread with other resources that I have learned about in class and in the assigned articles but I can at least now say that I have heard of them and will learn more about them as time permits. Some are "Flickr", "Frappre" "Library thing" to name just a few. I only learned this past summer what a Kendill was (I know I spelled that wrong!). Mashups are new to me, wikibios, Varnum, Retrivi are also new to me. Do you think teachers are overwhelmed right now with all there is including raising thier families or attending to personal affairs in addition to all the traditional aspects of teaching that it is just to much to keep up with? Should it be the responsibility of the school to keep thier teachers up to snuff on technologies to use in the classroom? Is there just no money to hire someone to do just that? I am feeling overwhelmed, I'll tell you by all the things that I do not know. I want to be up to speed, tech savy etc - and will earnestly try to do so, but WoW - a ton of info.
Another new technology that i am unaware of is Library 2.0. It would seem that with the vast amounts of information available, libraries have to keep up with its management and management in the best and most organized, user friendly way possible. With constant new technologies, I would think Library Sciences are flourishing right now in the colleges as a major to produce individuals capable of creating new ways to manage the information in addition to using and teaching it to others.
Google docs is a free web based word progam, presentation maker, and spreadsheet capability. You would no longer have to buy Microsoft or other software to create documents and spreadsheets. My son's new computer does not have word software, I am going to introduce him to google docs is he does not already know about it. I am not real sure what the collaboration in real time that google docs offers as stated by Wikipedia, does, but I suppose I will know soon enough (need to get on there!). I have never used Google docs.
Why is google docs an R/W program? I am trying to find out what R/W stands for!!