Thing #5! Break it down!

Web 2.0 and School 2.0 are new and radical ideas that should be embraced and used to the full advantage as technology is becoming more and more relied on for day to day living. My little second cousin (my cousin's son) is not even three yet and he knows what a computer is and he sat in my other cousin's lap at our last family get together and proceeded to play a game on the computer. And he is only two years old. Now imagine what our future students will be able to do. It just makes sense to use technology to further enhance interest in learning in the classroom and provide a sense of accomplishment and comradeship among the students.
I have chosen "Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0" and "Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators" for my two articles from the perspectives list. For me, I was a little confused what Web 2.0 was, but after "googling" it and reading all the articles, I finally understood. As I understood from the articles and the web definition for web 2.0, web 2.0 is a universal approach to the internet that is not just reading information, its corresponding and participating in different aspects such as facebook, myspace, twitter, blogs, and etc. So, this goes to Learning 2.0 as tons of journal articles with different points of views and other vital information that students need to write papers, learn about topics of research, etc. and therefore, that goes to school 2.0 - a combination of web 2.0 and learning 2.0. Learning no longer has to be boring, almost falling asleep while the teacher drones on and on about a subject. Now computers are used for research on paper topics, finding sources, understanding how to do a math problem, studying, and so much more. Imagine what the future will be. A mere ten years from now. We will all certainly be teaching and learning new things every day not just from fellow teachers and the web, but from our students.

"Learning 2.0. This new form of learning begins with the knowledge and practices acquired in school but is equally suited for continuous, lifelong learning that extends beyond formal schooling."
- "Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0"

Jessica