The Times are Changing (1.0 to 2.0)

The shift from Classroom 1.0 to 2.0 has had many impacts on teaching and learning. The students of today are always moving and involved. Classroom 2.0 has students that are aware of the many technologies that are available to them and use them daily.
Students in todays classroom 2.0 are interactive. Gone are the days of students sitting independently working with strictly pen and paper. Students today are blogging, posting podcasts, and playing video games. They are always collaborating with peers and using their knowledge of interactive medias to help their understanding of curriculum material. Student centered learning is the focus, where the teacher merely helps students find a way to understand the material that best suites them. It is also important to mention that students in classroom 2.0 are multi-taskers and are able to handle multiple forms of information at the same time. With this being said, teachers need to support this new generation of learners and support these cultural and social changes.
It is evident that students are different today than they were even when I went to school. With this new and exciting change come shifts in teaching and learning that need to be embraced and supported. Technology is here to stay and will only get more advanced as time goes by, which means that is not unreasonable to think that paradigms will continue to change in the classroom.