Learning 2.0: Innovating the way we teach classes.

Learning 2.0, what happens when I think about that term is that this second version should be better than the one before it. So thinking logically Learning 2.0 should stand as learning in a new and better way. As I was researching this well informed topic I was starting to notice something. We as a class represent Learning 2.0 because of our means of coursework and research. We’ve all created blogs and posted to them along with our own facebook pages. This is totally different than anything I have done in a classroom setting before so this course is unique to me. I believe that just from this first third of the semester that I’ve learned things in a new and better way than traditional course work and I think that more and more class throughout k-12 with colleges will adopt this new set of learning tools. I also read this article here which helped me understand how their new forms of social media can enhance the learning experience.  http://www.edudemic.com/how-to-use-social-media-as-a-learning-tool-in-the-classroom/

I remember going into the third and fourth grades and learning how to use a computer. Looking back my parents must have been astonished that I was learning how to operated such equipment at such a young age because that how I felt when I found out ,a year out of high school, on the local news that children in younger grades than I had been in at the time were learning how to use an Ipad and do their class work on it. These new forms of education through technology and social media will create faster and higher levels of education. Thirty years ago most people didn’t learn algebra until upper level college courses and now in our present times kids are learning to do algebra in middle school. Its interesting to see what will fit into our general education systems in the next ten years and I think technology and social media will only boost its potential.

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