After reading the articles about Web 2.0 and technology in the classroom in the 21st century, I am excited to broaden my knowledge of social networking sites and the extensive interactive web tools available to the youth of today's generation. How incredibly fortunate we are to have these tools at our disposal to integrate in and out of the classroom. The different links of perspectives of teachers stresses the importance for educators and educational institutions to jump on board with the Web 2.0 era and maximize the potential of each and every student with the tools that are readily available to them through the internet.
To me, Web 2.0 symbolizes growth opportunities, through interaction, that students and educators have with their changing world. It allows users to contribute and create instead of just absorbing what has been presented to them. Web 2.0 tools such as facebook, blogs, chatboards, RSS feeds, and many more allow individual people to share and express innovative aspirations across the globe. It is all about interaction and reaction. I personally couldn't agree more with stressing the importance of integrating Web 2.0 tools into educational atmospheres. It would be a shame for institutions to not utilize these free Web 2.0 tools, when children relate and are so fluidly familiarized with them. Schools of the future will be ushered into a fast pace technological environment with massive amounts of global information readily available at their fingertips. The opportunities are endless.
I love your statement on interaction and reaction, and how you encourage the use of social networking for benifiting educational goals. I think that every aspect of technology can be used as a learning tool if there are guidelines and parameters that help the students stay on task and use it for the classroom.
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