Thing #5

To me, Learning 2.0 means that we have new technologies available to integrate into our classrooms, and we should learn how to use it.  I am a bit older than most of the students in my class, and my experience was that we had little interaction with computers in the classroom.  I actually remember one of my trips to the so called "computer lab" that our K-8 school was blessed with.  I was in kindergarten and I was so excited that we were actually going to go (I can only recall about 5 trips from grades K-8) and the large floppy disc that I was given to use was scratched, so needless to say, my experience was sad.  Today's classrooms are much different.  There are usually one or two computers in each classroom (that is, in our rural community) and the children are encouraged to use them.  Now, we also have smart boards in the classrooms that allow us to pull new sources of information into the classroom.  I am looking forward to learning how to use this new and improving technology in my classroom setting.  I feel that Learning 2.0 will be a great tool that we should all use, and I can only imagine what will be available in the years to come.