Compare and Contrast Web 2.0

College Students 

This video was basically about how college students use technology in today's classrooms. The fact that reading and writing on paper is becoming nonexistent and computers are being used now more than ever.Technology has changed the classroom and lives of everyone especially college students. Most of them are on their computer doing things other than paying attention in class. It is sad to say that more than half of a class is most likely playing games, facebooking, working on other assignments, etc.

K-12 Students

The technology in the K-12 classroom is much different than how it is used at the college level. In the K-12 classroom most the teachers haven't seen the current technology and because technology is constantly changing it is really hard to keep the most up-dated technology in the classroom. I think it is important to realize that just because technology is in the classroom doesn't mean that teachers understand how to use it and most importantly are using it. Most the times the students know more about the new technology than the teachers. If teachers are not up to date with the new technology the students are missing out and falling behind. The technology that is coming out today will be used by these students when they finish school and head out to the "real world". It is important for teachers to incorporate technology and interactive activities into their classrooms so students will have previous exposure to the technology they will use in the job setting.

There is a constant requirement that students can think outside the box and by requiring them to do interact activities allows them to actually manipulate the concepts and in turn gain a better understanding of the material. With my mathematics and science background I have learned many ways to incorporate technology into the classroom through experiments and on-line manipulation activities. The students want to be challenged and want to learn!! This is a great thing and the fact that they want to learn with technology is even better. We should be allowing them to do this. If we don't understand the technology they want to use we as teachers should do the research and find a way for the students to learn while being interested in the material.