Thing 5

Web 2.0 is an awesome advance in the way the internet is used to join people as global participants in the creation and sharing of information.  For school 2.0 I see it as being so necessary to get all students literate in how to access, assimilate, and use the visual information obtainable on the web.  Since 55%+ students are already using social media, this isn’t the challenge it would have been 10 -15 years ago.  I see podcasts and skyping being useful innovations to teaching because a student can access the lesson from anywhere in the world.  With skype you could actually join classrooms with another class half way around the world and share information.  For the future of schools, I see it as our students are going to be very literate in how to obtain the information they need for any subject they are researching.  For teachers, I see it as a way to connect through blogs to share information about what works and what doesn’t.