Thing #5- Web 2.0

Create a blog post on your reactions and thoughts regarding the articles you chose. In your post, make sure you include the answers to these questions:

--What does "School 2.0" mean to you?
--What does it mean for schools of the future?

Web 2.0

      Teaching students can sometimes be a trial and error process. The teacher has to figure out what lessons work, and what ways are getting the students excited and involved in their education. One thing that seems to work to grab students attention is using technology. Most children use technology including games systems and computers every day. If these are the things that excited children, why don't we incorporate this technology to hold their attention in classrooms.Today Web 2.0 and School 2.0 is beginning to roll out because teachers are finding out that using the internet, and other cool devices in their lesson plans, excites the students, and when the student is excited to learn, the students perform and retain the lessons a whole lot better.
      I'm very excited about Web 2.0 and School 2.0. Technology is here to stay, and it is only going to get more advanced. If this is what children are growing up around and are going to be using for the rest of their lives, why don't we teach them how to use technology to their advantage.  Like Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators states, Web 2.0 tools "opens up worlds of new possibilities for learning"  There are so many resources available on the internet that learning can be easy and fun for the teacher and the student.
      School 2.0 to me is going to be the way to teach. I see it being a standard method in teaching and I see it succeeding. Every child should want to learn. Finding a way to get your students involved requires a teacher to connect with them. Connecting with the current generation involves technology.
    These methods of teaching are still new to the school system. I see it taking off quickly and developing into something bigger and better than we could imagine. I see schools using Web 2.0 becoming one of the biggest tools in the future classrooms.
    I think that using the Web, the clickers, the smart boards, and other cool devices are going interest kids and give them a chance to be apart of their education.