Week Numero 3!

This week we were lucky to have Jon Evans come in and speak to our class. It was a great presentation and what stuck out to me the most was web 1.0, and web 2.0. Web 1.0 was what people originally used the internet for, searching for facts and asking Google questions and getting answers. Web 2.0 is when the internet became participatory. Using tools like wiki pages, twitter, and blogging!

To me hearing about these two different webs reminded me about how powerful the internet and all its tools are, but they can also be harmful. I feel that in today's day and age, it is the popular thing to use as many apps and online tools as possible in the classroom, and the logic is that they make it easier for students to learn. In my opinion yes it can definitely help the student learn, but I don't think they should be used as the be all end all, instead they should be used as a tool to help the student. We as teachers tend to think as soon as we bring technology into the classroom it will improve the lesson, but just because students love using their smartphones and tablets at home it doesn't meant they will automatically be more engaged and learn more because we are using them in the class. Yes the internet is powerful and can be very beneficial but we can't rely on apps to do all the teaching, that's our job. We are there to teach the students about things like math, and science, and to prepare them for the world after school. Technology and the whole idea of web 2.0 is a great tool, but that's how it needs to be used, as a tool.