When I think about School 2.0 many things come to mind. Really, I started thinking about all of the excuses that I could come up with so I could just forget about using School 2.0 in my classroom. Why? Mainly because I have had bad experiences and frustrations while using technology in the classroom. However, the more I researched School 2.0 I began to see how closed minded I was being. School 2.0 allows us to open windows of opportunity such as collaboration, professional development, effective communication, visual stimulation, and student enrichment to name a few. I thought I was doing my job by incorporating my power points, e-mails, videos, etc. School 2.0 has so much more to offer administrators, educators, parents, and students. Like Susan McClester said in her Web 2.0 article, "our generation has found Web 2.0 applications integral to daily life." This really hit home because it shows how we depend on technology to make our lives easier! So, how can we not use technology in the classroom? I agree, education must get on board.
Here are some questions that I had while researching School 2.0? How many schools within my district are using this concept to aide instruction? Why have I not heard about School 2.0 or even Web 2.0? Am I the only one that has been in the dark? Now that I know what Web 2.0 is, I have great hopes that our schools will embrace School 2.0. I believe that sometime in the near future educators with be required to use School 2.0. Just like a class set of novels, maybe one day students will have a class set of computers! Maybe that's a stretch?
I like your questions. It is definitely going to be interesting to see how technology gets integrated into classrooms in the future. It is going to be costly for schools to ramp up technology, but it seems essential to preparing them for future careers where those skills will be critical.
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm so late getting back to you. Thanks for commenting :) Yes, it is hard to imagine how our classrooms will be in the near future. Do you see major changes with technology in the classroom five years from now? Or, do you think money issues will hinder school systems?
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