Thing #5

Based on a couple of the articles provided, Web 2.0 is very important for schools in the technology age. Over the past couple of decades computers have become more prevalent in every day life. A direct cause is that younger and younger kids have become proficient with the use of computers. Couple this with the fact schools in increasing numbers have accesses to enough computers that each of their students can use them in some fashion in the classroom. From this "School 2.0" has come into vogue. What this means to me is that a school that utilizes web 2.0 tools successively transforms itself into a school that fits in the modern internet age. As time marches on schools will need these tools to survive as more computers for students gives them unprecedented accesses to learning tools that were not available in the decades past.