Thing #5

I have somewhat mixed feelings about the future of education using web 2.0. I absolutely do think that education is headed in this direction. The world in the 21st century is basically all about cyberspace. I personally have no idea what we would do without the internet. Web 2.0 can take one anywhere they want to go, and find anything they want to find. Schools may adapt this, because they would no longer have to pay for books,paper and other items that the classroom currently uses, because it would all be done online. the software and learning programs on web 2.0 are endless, and useable for anyone. Most careers do require some type of internet usage, so using web 2.0 is school systems would make sense to use in preparing children for the real world. Web 2.0 would also allow students to not only work on their studies at school, but also at home, or in the work place.
On the flip side of this, there is a down side. though the majority of American's own and computer with internet, there are still a few who can not afford it. It would not be fair to the students of less means and could not own a computer. they would not be able to work on the work at home, and study.
Over all I do believe that the future of education using web 2.0 would be a good thing.