Thing 5

As I was reading the various articles about Web 2.0, I was at first so excited about all the possibilities and then overwhelmed at how far behind in technology I have become. I attended college in the early 80's and never touched a computer. Somewhere in our house, we still have a typewriter! I love being able to search for information on the Internet and not have to thumb through book after book. I do not know how to tell whether I can believe all the information out there (but that is also true about the TV news). I am not a teacher but I can see the need in the schools of tomorrow for everyone to have a laptop available during all school hours and not just on "computer days". I think that the future availability of reading any book online is fantastic and will really help me at home since I have no more space for books in my house. I think that the image of the mousy librarian is going to change in a major way and he or she will become a very important computer resource, as in how and where to find things...not that they would be replaced by a computer. I think that by utilizing the computer in the classroom, learning will take place much more rapidly and hopefully we can have a much more educated society.