Thing #5

The first website I looked at was What is Web 2.0? When I first got on this website I watched the short video that they have on the page. I enjoyed this video because they talked about how much the Internet has changed in the last 10 years. The video shows how the Web looked 10 years ago and what you could do with "Web 1.0" and then they showed how much the Web has changed with "Web 2.0" now. With the addition of the writing aspect on the Internet, it has opened a whole new range of things that we can do. Without this new "update" on the Internet I wouldn't be able to be blogging right now. We also wouldn't have Facebook, Twitter, or any of those other websites that many of us can't go a day without.

I also looked at Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education. I thought this website was good because it had all kinds of links to other sites that could be beneficial for teachers. I looked at a few of the links and the one that stuck out to me the most was call "Formative assessments delivered on Apple and Android tablet, mobile devices". First of all the title of the article stuck out to me, but the rest of the article was shocking to me. The article talked about how a company had released a program that allowed students to be able to take assessments on an iPad, iPhone, or other type of electronic device. I know that technology is changing and is being used in the classroom but I didn't think that it would be necessary to have students do tests on the devices.

Both of these websites have just proved that technology is becoming more apparent everywhere. Technology is a great learning tool for students. Technology is no longer the future, it is the present., no matter what age now, want to use technology in everything they do so why not include it in the classroom as a learning tool so the students can have fun while they learn. I think it is important for students to look forward to coming to school. If they don't enjoy learning why would they try? I think that is what School 2.0 is about. Its finding ways to make school better and going for it. As the years go on we will see more and more change in the schools but like the Internet, it can only get better. I look forward to seeing where technology takes us in the future.

"There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if the teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the classroom and make it work, then it fails." – Nancy Kasselbaum, U.S. Senator