Just as education had to evolve from the pioneer's chalkboard to the industrialization age paper and pencil, we are now faced with another evolution in education: School and Web 2.0. Because of the revolution of the internet and the development of social networking, education is marked to now evolve from pencil and paper to blogs and wikis.
The articles and videos on the transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 are of interest to me. I remember when the internet was just a place of research. If you needed something for a class, you would just scroll through a limited number of read only webpages in order to obtain some information needed for a paper. The Web as it is now, the 2.0 version, is an interactive community where you can learn AND teach. Now, websites have interactive sections where you can leave comments. There are websites like Wikipedia where you can educate someone else on something you know about, and then of course there are the social networking sites and blogging. All of the perks of Web 2.0 have created a community in which you can be engaged in what is happening in the world wide web.
Schools are emerging their own 2.0 version. Schools now have students involved in online groups, blogs, and webquests. Students can publish their material online and have it viewed by others. Education is now engaging students at school, at home, and in the community. This is what School 2.0 means to me.
Coming up next...Thing #6...more about Web 2.0 (Discovering Web 2.0 Tools)
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