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A very thoughtful post from Powerful Learning Practice about the changing definition of education. Definitely worth the read- click through to read the rest.
ere’s the dilemma: With the world changing so rapidly, being educated takes on new meaning. First of all, I think even the word “educated” is outdated. It conveys the message that if you complete a certain number of steps or reach a certain level in the system of diplomas and degrees, you can relax and make a living from what you know. Not so today — the demand to master new knowledge and skills is neverending. If you want to be successful, you never finish your education.
So my mission (and I choose to accept it) is not to educate students, but to cultivate learners.
1. Teaching WITHOUT technology is just not acceptable any longer. Can you imagine a teacher refusing to implement special education accommodations? It would be a travesty. Same thing with current technology. New generations of teachers will (I hope) realize that there are always going to be new technologies to master every year. Previous generations look at learning new technology as something they want to have to do once and then be done. We need to change the way we look at learning to integrate technology to see it as a fluid evolution and not a checklist of skills.
2. Online learning is inevitable, and is arriving soon. The only question at this point is the model upon which it will ultimately become standard. Students already learn plenty online. It would be nice if Algebra or French were a part of that.
3. Online learning does not mean students stare at screens for a majority of the time. Online learning is used to interact with instructors and other students about experiences that should be designed to be off-line. For instance, students video record the building of the volcano experiment, and then upload to a chat setting so others can give feedback on the process or result.
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21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020
March 2, 2011 | 10:25 AM | By Tina Barseghian
FILED UNDER: Culture, Learning Methods, Tech Tools, School Day of the Future
Flickr:Robert S. Donovan
Inspired by Sandy Speicher’s vision of the designed school day of the future, reader Shelly Blake-Plock shared his own predictions of that ideal day. How close are we to this? The post was written in December 2009, and Blake-Plock says he’s seeing some of these already beginning to come to fruition.
By Shelly Blake-Plock
1. DESKS
The 21st century does not fit neatly into rows. Neither should your students. Allow the network-based concepts of flow, collaboration, and dynamism help you rearrange your room for authentic 21st century learning.2. LANGUAGE LABS
Foreign language acquisition is only a smartphone away. Get rid of those clunky desktops and monitors and do something fun with that room.3. COMPUTERS
Ok, so this is a trick answer. More precisely this one should read: ‘Our concept of what a computer is’. Because computing is going mobile and over the next decade we’re going to see the full fury of individualized computing via handhelds come to the fore. Can’t wait.4. HOMEWORK
The 21st century is a 24/7 environment. And the next decade is going to see the traditional temporal boundaries between home and school disappear. And despite whatever Secretary Duncan might say, we don’t need kids to ‘go to school’ more; we need them to ‘learn’ more. And this will be done 24/7 and on the move (see #3).
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Via @BrianKotts on Twitter. Thoughts on this?
“Our society today is about constant change. Most people work in three or more fields in their lifetime, as opposed to the one stable job of the past. In many industries there are no longer final products but rather versions of products. It is this sense of change that education needs to start incorporating into the education process. Our society is always working to improve on past products. Things are not created and then forgotten but reworked and improved. This is how our education process should be teaching students.”
One teacher’s look at our grading system, what it’s based off of, and what direction he feels it should go in.
A thoughtful post with some mentions of how the profession of teaching is changing. No more “well I learned this way and it worked, so they should too!”
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