The+Changing+Landscape+of+Learning

The read/write web is introducing a new //landscape for learning// and it does appear overwhelming to say the least. Web searches seem to provide an infinite list of sources on any topic. New web applications are available daily to accomplish tasks that used to be reserved to the desktop. It just doesn't seem possible for Teachers to stay current with this ever-chnging environment.

What can we do? Where should we start? We start by participating. We contribute to wiki pages like this one. We read blogs and write comments in response to those blogs, then maybe we even write a blog of our own. Teachers cannot help students to understand this new landsacpe, if they themselves do not participate in it. Each day we try to learn a little more. Students are expected to learn everyday, why shouldn't teachers do the same.

Points of Discussion:
There are so many new issues brought to light by the ability of students to read and write content that is not filtered. With this in mind, students need to learn the social responsibilities associated with publishing content to the web and reading content published by others on the web.

A [|recent article] points out that "students were seeking out and locating more and more emotionally packed information on their own time, often by themselves, causing them to come to our schools each day laden with a plethora of undiscussed feelings, questions and ideas." So the overwhelming feelings of the vast expanse of the web is not limited to adults, but is felt by students as well.

School 2.0 - What is it? It is a collaborative effort to redefine what learning is in terms of the read/write web. Learning and schools are not the same anymore.

Students - Think you can do it better - Submit your own [|plan for re-designing] our school and earn scholarships worth up to $10,000.

[|Teaching Hacks] - Got questions about how to do anything in Web 2.0, this is the place to start.