Free Of Formatting Constraints

In the early days of the Internet web pages were static. Form and content were inseparably linked by a list of HTML tags, and only people who understood HTML could create, edit, upload, or share content on the web.  XML, RSS, and the newer languages of the Internet separate form and content. This makes it possible for anyone to create, edit, upload, or share content on the web with the click of a button even if they don't realize they're using XML or RSS.  Blogging is an  example of user generated content made possible by XML and RSS. Services like YouTube and Flickr wouldn't exist without the newer Internet languages. As the recent PIPA and SOPA congressional battles over copyrighted materials on the internet demonstrate, our ideas over topics like privacy, ownership, and even relationships are changing because of what is now possible on the Internet.  The way we think teaching will change because of the internet.  I think I can adapt the idea that users are free of formatting constraints in my efforts to differentiate instruction.