Thing 5

I think that "School 2.0" just stands for the idea that schools should adapt to the new expanding technology. In my opinion, it's sort of inevitable. School's are going to bring in new technology because it's available and is, in some cases, helpful to student learning. School's are already adapting to this in assigning students with homework that has to be turned in online, papers that are assigned that need online resources, and by bringing in computer labs and smart boards.

The only problem that I see in this is that not all students have computers at home. I think that if schools are going to make it required that students have to do online research or homework then they should provide each student with their own personal laptop so that way each student has a way to do their homework. Some schools have already started doing this and I think that it immensely prepares students for college and beyond high school because once you get out of high school you will be expected to know how to work computers, internet and technology effectively.

I think that in the future we will all be required to know how to use and understand a vast amount of technology, far beyond what we can even imagine at this day and time; and I think that students will know how to use it at a younger age, but I think that it's going to make some students rely more on technology rather than on their own brains. So, students will either benefit and add the technology to their knowledge or they will depend on it and not be as smart. I think it's up to each individual (and how they raise their children) to use technology in an effective way and not depend on it so much that they don't know how to think for themselves.