In reading Edutopia, the December/January issue, there is an article written by Will Richardson...and very well respected Edublogger: one that I follow.
The article is entitled, "World Without Walls". The article is about teaching when learning is everywhere. How does that exactly change what we're doing?
These excerpts struck me....
"Inherent in the collaborative process is a new way of thinking about teaching and learning. We must find our own teachers, and they must find us. ...the best most memorable effective teachers are the ones that we discover, not the ones we are given."
"We as educators need to reconsider our roles in students' lives, to think of ourselves as connectors first and content experts second."
"We no longer need to be present to participate..."
"Many of our students continue to explore the perils and pitfalls of instant communication with little guidance from their teachers. The technology we block in classrooms, flourish in their bedrooms."
"In our zeal to hold on to the old structures of teaching and learning, and to protect students at all costs, we are not just leaving them ill prepared for the future, we are also missing an enormous learning opportunity for ourselves as learners."
I dare you to read the whole thing....once you do....let's discuss!!
http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-will-richardson
1 comments:
Hey sis, I went and read your article. It's the future, but I'm pretty sure we need to follow Frank Smith's advise: "Watch the current school system sink into the sea." It's okay to salute, because it did us a lot of good. But I just don't think change can happen. It has to be a revolution, a splitting from the mighty powers, something different.
Remember last year when I wanted to use voice thread and the principal said I'd have to read every single post before I could let it be used? Impossible.
I think I'm retiring again! :-)
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