Web 2.0 means people are able to communicate openly from anywhere in the world with each other. Web 2.0 provides a medium through which people can communicate openly on most any topic. There are limitations on Web 2.0 in certain societies that prohibit free exchange of information, but this is societal limitation, and not a Web 2.0 limitation.
As for the future of schools, the advent and progression of Web 2.0 will have an impact on how information is disemminated. With the further enhancement of technology, learning will be doen less through text books and lecture and more through interactive activities that are electronically based. To allow for faster, realtime information, the use of web based applications will become more curcial. Classrooms of the future will need to meet the learning needs of students that are inundated with information from outside sources. A large role that schools will have to play with regards to Web 2.0 is teaching students how to determine sound factual based sources of information from those that are simply made up. In addition, schools will need to watch out for web preditors that will have increased access to children because of an increased web presence of the students.
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