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Web 2.0 and/as The Apocalypse: What The Terminator Has to Teach Us About Our Future

only mean to highlight the disruptive and destructive consequences that have been set in motion by the shift from a life mediated by paper to a life mediated by the screen.

educators occupy the position now that astronomers held during the 16th century. For astronomers, the choice between models for the universe was neither trivial nor inconsequential; it was definitive.

they are understanding a complex text and making sense of it within the context of their own lives.   No parent wants more, no teacher does, than for kids to be able to not just "read" Shakespeare but to understand why his work still speaks urgently to the present, why it is worth taking the time to read all that odd English from another time

We are not responsible as educators unless we are teaching not just with technology but through it, about it, because of it.   We need to make kids understand its power, its potential, its dangers, its use.  That isn't just an investment worth making but one that it would be irresponsible to avoid.

How do we prepare students for a future that we can't predict even a couple of years out?

The Internet is no longer just a consumer-based platform; the Internet is now a consumer/producer-based platform. Are we allowing our student to create content on the Internet? Are we allowing our students to blog, to communication, and to collaborate with other students all over the world? As educators, this is the challenge of our time; are we teaching like we taught yesterday, or are we teaching in order to prepare our students for their tomorrow?

The teacher reviews the focus with a critical question in mind