Thing # 5

School 2.0 to me means that there is a new direction that education is taking for the future. Since society has moved into an informational economy, there has been an increase in the technologies that we are using, and what we will be using in the future. In the past, one was able to receive their education in the classroom or library, but we are in a new day and age where we can locate any information from our home or around the world. It is not just limited to one place anymore, which makes it such a great opportunity. In What is Web 2.0, the video demonstrated that the internet has grown into such a vast form of a way to access information. In the past it was considered to be the read only web/web 1.0, because there was a difficulty in expenses. However, web 2.0 was created which can include sites like teacher-tube, flickr, facebook, blogger, etc. In today's world, students, teachers, and administrators can turn in their pen and paper to use blogs, podcasts, and even student/educational networking sites to learn. In Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education, schools of the future will be more apt to wanting more technological advances in their classrooms because it helps the student feel more engaged in activities. It also helps to unravel their imagination, which can help them to want to learn and be more active in participation activities.