Thing 5

Wow. I found alot of uesful information. The reading was exciting and I cannot believe how much information is out there.

I began reading the Twitter article, 25 ways... and found out that you can join a Twibe, no not baby talk, but really a group of professional educators that discuss everything relating to education and beyond. The website is http://twibes.com/edtech . I believe I will join and join the many already out there discussing our future with technology. I find many teachers today are so traditional and do not want to be judged by their abilities and cosequently do not share their personal philosophies. Maybe not being face to face with another educator will allow for more open communication without judgement. Either way I thought this to be an excellent way to share thoughts and ideas.

I also found the Harvard Law School experiment within "Minds on Fire: ..." to be almost too futuristic to get any learning done, but then I warmed up to the idea quickly. It was trying to show how the social life of internet-based virtual education can coexsist with and extend traditional education.

School 2.0 means to me that times are changing at a dramatic pace within the educational system, especially after reading the many different articles. Much like in India where a DVD is now the main instructional tool for students to learn advanced topcis or how video conferencing can work in little town here in Pleasant View as in one school's case they do not even have a mathematics teacher.

For schools of the future I think we will eventually see that technology and its drive will simply demand politicians to enforce schools to get up to date or get left behind. I really believe for the first time that technology, not people will force schools and politicians to change with the times. There are just too many businesses the demand a high level of techno expertise.