Lost Johns: What is School 2.0? It's a modified Pinto!

Teachers and other individuals are constantly trying to get a grip on the concept of School 2.0. What is School 2.0? School 2.0 is creativity and innovation; communication and collaboration; research and information retrieval; critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making; digital citizenship; and technology operations and concepts. Now, I didn’t come up with this on my own.

Actually, The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) just completed a draft of its National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students—“a groundbreaking paradigm for what young people should know about technology and what they should be able to do with it before graduating.” I stumbled upon the news at eSchool News and I’m glad I did because I believe it encompasses the concept of School 2.0 in a nutshell. What do you think?

The old version of NETS had six categories (e.g. basic operations and concepts; social, ethical, and human issues of technology use; productivity tools; communication tools; research tools; and problem-solving and decision-making tools.) and in the new version the six categories have been modified (i.e. creativity and innovation; communication and collaboration; research and information retrieval; critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making; digital citizenship; and technology operations and concepts). Isn’t this cool? I love the modification. It’s like modifying a Ford Pinto into a Ferrari. Moreover, I believe that the new NETS encompass the concept of School 2.0…It’s a modified Pinto!

Individuals interested in the NETS Refresh can participate by accessing the following URL and responding to the NETS Refresh survey (hosted by SurveyMonkey) or you may download the draft Framework for ISTE NETS•S Refresh.

Ferrari Photo Link

Pinto Photo Link

William Bishop (Bill)