One of the major "problems" with integrating technology into the classroom is the funding. What schools have the funding to utilize all technological advances that are available? Some have jumped on the "Learning 2.0" (as
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-22/news/learning-2-0-brings-schools-into-the-digital-age/ calls it) band wagon, and is now using all technology uses in the classroom. They use google docs, facebook, myspace, cellphones and any other means of technology. "While some parents and educators fret about MySpace, text-messaging, and online chatting degrading young people's writing quality (the librarian of Congress, James Billington, recently warned that text messages and e-mails lead to "creeping inarticulateness"), a growing nu
mber of schools are taking the opposite approach. Some educators are encouraging students to bring cell phones to schools, saying students can use them to look up facts for projects or communicate about an assignment." This is becoming the definition of learning 2.0! Teachers are not afraid of the technology, they are ready to use it! If we face it head on, schools would start to make the funding available and instead of fearing technology we could utilize it!
One of the major "problems" with integrating technology into the classroom is the funding. What schools have the funding to utilize all technological advances that are available? Some have jumped on the "Learning 2.0" (as http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-22/news/learning-2-0-brings-schools-into-the-digital-age/ calls it) band wagon, and is now using all technology uses in the classroom. They use google docs, facebook, myspace, cellphones and any other means of technology. "While some parents and educators fret about MySpace, text-messaging, and online chatting degrading young people's writing quality (the librarian of Congress, James Billington, recently warned that text messages and e-mails lead to "creeping inarticulateness"), a growing nu
mber of schools are taking the opposite approach. Some educators are encouraging students to bring cell phones to schools, saying students can use them to look up facts for projects or communicate about an assignment." This is becoming the definition of learning 2.0! Teachers are not afraid of the technology, they are ready to use it! If we face it head on, schools would start to make the funding available and instead of fearing technology we could utilize it!
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