Blog #2

Blog #2: Learning 2.0

Students of today are Digital Learners and their instructional needs are not being addressed in the school system. Students learn from the various Web 2.0 tools when they are away from school however when they go to the place where they are supposed to be learning, their delivery method of information is banned. Rather than banning Internet sites and Web 2.0 tools why not filter them and then let the students and teachers use them in the classroom. In banning students from their technology devices and forcing them to “power down” when they arrive at school, schools are killing the creativity that is innate in all of us but they are also leaving students and the student’s futures behind. Students of today need to be ready to be employed in the jobs of tomorrow, and the educational system as it stands is not doing the job anymore. It is time that access to free Internet / Wi-Fi Internet and computers be provided to students who do not have one and their family can’t afford to purchase one. There is a Digital Divide however with the suggestions I previously stated we can close that gap, and the learning gap closure will be sure to follow.