Use these examples to draw a picture of the ideal learning ecology:

Google build internet platform to harnass and access knowledge, and they invest heavily in building quality products.

GMail - a 1GB email storage system
Google Groups - discussion forums
Google Scholar - searching scholarly publications
Google Search - Internet Searching
Google Answers - answer any question you want
Blogger - internet publishing solution
Google News - up to date news headlines

I've already written about Amazon as the ideal LMS. Passive capture. Got a note tonight hawking a Steven Johnson book because I'd bought from him before.