Thing #5

I read Web 2.0 is not about version numbers or betas and Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators. Both of these articles were very informative. Tim Bray explained what Web 2.0 is all about, I didn't really have a firm grasp on the idea of it until I read this article. Once I figured out what exactly it was I realized that I already knew what it was, in short it's similar to Yahoo! Answers. For myself, viewing the collection of people sharing ideas and discussing issues is just like asking your neighbor a question and getting back an answer from your whole street. Some people will give you a bad answer but you will get the right answer back from someone.
The children today were raised on electronics. Our students were raised by computers, video games, and the TV. Most kids can operate a computer easier than most adults. With this in mind then we as teachers would bring in what they relate to the most to help them learn better. Students in schools today can come home and not have any homework yet they can always get on the internet and work on math or can read a book and take the comprehension test on the computer.
If the students in school right now are doing all this with computers then just imagine that by the time our grandchildren are going to school they won't even have to get out of the house to go to school. They could be sick at home in bed yet not miss a day of school. We may not have to wait that long.