The internet is a vast and expanding network of informational, educational, and entertaining places where we can all participate. As with most things, however, there are good and bad forces at work on the internet. The key, I believe, is to become responsible educators who teach our students how to use this resource wisely and to our benefit.
School 2.0 is a progressive idea in education that has both good and bad forces to it, also. While giving educators and students great opportunities in interactive education that could improve knowledge content and responsiveness, it also sets up the possibility of creating a robotic, unemotional student if there is not a balanced proportion of face-to-face interaction. For all its expansiveness, there is nothing like a conversation between two people or a rousing discussion amongst several people to bring home a point.
Therefore, I can see great potential for School 2.0 in the future of education if it is incorporated into the curriculum with the idea of expanding the student's knowledge base and their research abilities. What it will mean to me as a teacher is that I will use any and all technology in order to reach my students on their plain of thinking. Being a success as a teacher will be accomplished, in my mind, if I see the "light bulb go on" in my students responses because, ultimately, they are the most important aspect of my teaching career.
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