During the course of this presentation 60 babies will be born in the U.S. 244 babies will born in China 351 babies will be born in India The U.S. Department of Labor estimates todays learner will have jobs. by the age 38 1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company they have been employed by for less than one year More than 1 out of 2 Are working for a company they have Worked for for less than five years. According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004 We are currently Preparing students For jobs that Dont yet exist Using technologies That havent Been invented in order to solve problems we dont even know are problems yet. So, what does it all mean? Things change? Change Social Networks in Education The important role Web 2.0 will play in education Presented to Dougherty County Board of Education Presenter: Quatrissia Johnson Consultant for the Boards School Improvement Plan Summer Retreat 2010, Albany, Georgia May 17, 2010 What is Web 2.0? The term Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive Information Sharing Interoperability User-centered design Collaboration World Wide Web Timeline Wikpedia Launched Nack Rub 1996 Wikispaces Twitter Web 2.0 Constructivist Theory Why use Web 2.0 in a K-12 Classroom? Instructional strategies Vehicles to cooperative learning Support problem-based learning Facilitate archiving Bellaire Primary School Estancia High School Security State Budgets Open Source Technology Automizing How are things changing? S-Curve Business as usual Cutting Edge BB AA Disruptive Change Normal Times Disruptive Change Times Market Change Dougherty County School District Conclusion Your students have changed Your industry has change Your turn.