The Shift: Education 1.0 --> Education 2.0

Education 1.0 is the traditional model and methods of teaching. Education 1.0 is fading as the Education 2.0 model is coming into view. Traditionally if you walked into a classroom you would witness students sitting quietly completing a worksheet or answering questions from the back of the chapter they just read in their textbook. You might see the teacher teaching information to the whole class using lecture. Children now find this method to be boring. Kids fall asleep and are learning less because they are not engaged. To engage today's children we need to use technology, we need to use the Education 2.0 tools. Education 2.0 involves group work/collaborative assignments where they are active learners. Previously students would submit papers and essays. Now students want to complete assignments using videos, digital posters, and podcasts. The students want to be engaged in the world they live in and contemplate the complex ideas that are presented by society. They want to be current and so should we as teachers!