School 2.0 concept Online Learning

Reactions to the articles. To me I knew that School 2.0 was on it's way a long time ago. I just believe that the schools need to step up even more. But I know the key to that is often times funding. Yet I believe anything we can do as teachers to promote usage of the web for learning and technology in classes we school. The younger kids in school are even more active on the web than before. It is now very important that educators understand the role that plays in the lives of students everywhere. I am glad that more reasearch is being done and that lots of school are kicking into gear. What's at our fingers tips now is truly impressive. I have the web on my phone. And I love it. I can even get on live text and type an assignment if I like all in what ever time I have avalible because it's on my phone. I have e-mailed linked there. And of course since my phone is a g1 google search is on the front. I hope that in the near furture more and more people have the same options. Because while there are those that know still there are those that don't. In the tims we live in now you can not afford to be computer-illiterate. This may sound silly but my grand-dad now how e-mail and when I told him he could not be computer illiterate he just went on and on about me saying he was illiterate. But until I introduced him to it he was. But now he checks his e-mail and even will write me back. Even my mom used to be so "anti computer stuff" as she would say. Now she facebooks me everysingle day, she sends me video's and posts thems and puts up quotes and loves all the games. Plus she uses it to study for her sunday school lessons and to get ideas just in general. The world is changing, she even got her own lap top ha ha ha. If you knew my mom you would laugh her too. The great thing is now she doesn't call me all the time to look up stuff for her on the web she does it on her own. To educate our young on how to use this tool would be placing them at risk. It is standard now that you must be able to get use the tools we have in almost evey venue of the life we now live. Schools of the future have to step up. Work hard to interface all these different types of resources into the classroom. Grants need to be wrote, and funding needs to be aquired to place smartboards, clikers, computers, projectors and the like in classrooms everywhere. Times have changed and we must with this change keep growing and keep up with the this 2.0 which one day I'm sure will be 3.0 and above. It just keeps getting better all the time.