Thing # 5

The term "School 2.0" means that educators will be using technology, especially Web 2.0 tools, more in their classrooms and as a way of interacting with students outside of the classroom. As we are learning more everyday, today's young people have embraced technology and are continually looking for new ways to use it. I know from experience that teenagers love to go online and use such sites as My Space and Face Book. If educators are able to successfully channel that enthusiasm and love of using those sites into a new way of teaching, I believe that students will get more out of school. As one of my classmates, Lorrie Anne Cooksey, mentioned in her # 5 blog, we are fast approaching a time when students will work exclusively with computers and online technology in their every day learning. Educators need to prepare now in order to keep up with the students of the future.