Assignment #11 School 2.0

While reflecting on the school 2.0 model I am somewhat skeptical. Although the idea is outstanding and will hopefully someday come to fruition I feel that we have a very long way to go. I see the infusion of technology expanding and becoming more and more integrated in every facet of life. I see that students are becoming more and more knowledgeable at younger and younger ages. All of this is good but there are setbacks that would have to be addressed. Technology etiquette would have to be taught not only to our students but to the parents of those students in order for a technological circuit such as school 2.0 to work.
Students are becoming less able to think for themselves and generate their own ideas because of the levels of enabling that come from parents as well as teachers. We need to teach responsibility and accountability. We need to focus on teaching students to use all of the tools they have including the technology available in creative and productive ways. Students can barely get by most of the time when they are in class because they “don’t feel Like” doing the work. Sometimes it takes teachers everything they have to get the students to complete their work. I am unsure how successful students working on their own at home would go over without someone pressing them along.
This is a somewhat bleak observation, I know. But, if these issues were somehow remedied, then we would be able to move forward in the area of technology education for students, parents and the community. Although, I think this is a long time coming, if we begin to teach the kindergarteners of today they will be the students that will be able to be successful in a model of this magnitude in the future. I am hopeful to be able to witness a progressive change in education and community such as this.