Nickerson's Thoughts Thing #5

As I watched the video for School 2.0 I realized that the future of teaching is not like that of the past, standing in front of a blackboard citing dates and events. The students of today are so much more technology inclined than we were in the 80's and 90's. They have Ipods, Computers, internet, Youtube, online blogs, and video games you can play online and talk to a play other people around the world. I had a cassette player, books, magazines, and the video games I had was one dimensional, and only could have 2 players. Along with all that technology comes the difficulty in learning to use it. As a future educator and a life long learner, I have to not only be able to use this technology but also explain to my students how to use it for educational purposes. I think School 2.0 will help us break the teaching mold and show us new and more interesting ways of educating students. The future of schools is one that is going to need a lot more money to keep up with the demands of trying to keep our country online with other countries in education. I certainly hope that there is a way that money will be allocated for this endeavour.