Thing #5

Web 2.0 refers to the "read and write" version of the web rather than the "read only" web. People refer to the "read only" version as Web 1.0 and now we have built on that platform to create what we refer to as Web 2.0. Any "regular person" can be a part of the internet where it used to be where all we could with the internet is use it to find and look up information. Now, ANYONE can create a blog, have a facebook account, post videos on you-tube, create websites, etc, etc, ETC. There really isn't much we can't do.

I'm a late learner on most technology and always have been. I still have a pretty basic and boring phone, but it works for me. I also still listen to cd's....even though I have an IPOD. I'm learning though. And I don't think I'm as behind as I could be....I get all my news from the internet. Anytime I need a phone number, I go to the internet. I'm surprised we still have newspapers or phonebooks...who uses them? Technology has replaced all of those things including libraries. I had to write multiple research papers in my online classes last summer and not one time did I step foot into a library. That brings up another point...online classes! Who would have ever "thunk" it?

Technology is the future of our education. It's hard for me to grasp how much has changed as far as technology in schools in just the 6 years that have gone by since I got my undergrad. To stay ahead, we have to incorporate it as much as possible in our schools. All the kids are already doing it, so we as future or current educators have to as well. With technology changing all the time, there is no telling where our schools will be in a few years. There probably won't be any more hard copies of anything. Everything will be on computers.