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Curriculum 2.0 seems to be a way for teachers to not only use technology. It is a way to teach students to still think, analyze, and communicate, just use today's technologies to do it. The emphasis is still on these skills, as it always has been. These are more important than actual computer skills. The point is to still teach students to do these important skills, just have them do it with the modern technologies available to them. Constructivism is another interesting philosophy about which we have learned. It involves students building their knowledge bases off of their own experiences. So, if a student experiences something, they are more likely to master that knowlege. Therefore, I believe that this style of learning can be used, even in a Social Studies classroom setting. For example, if I can give them a classroom experience as an American colonist, and I continue to give them no say in how I rule their society. Then, I continue to charge them extra fees for certain necessities in the classroom, they will soon understand from their experiences how the colonists felt and will know why they rose up and declared their independence. This experience would provide for a meaningful lesson. And, this "teaching" is actually an exercise in "expert learning", where the students are playing an active role in their education. They are, therefore, teaching themselves by what they experience. I even find that I have experienced this feeling of being an expert learner with each experience using the different pieces of technology this class has brought into our worlds, the newest of which being google docs and survey monkey.

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