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This article was originally published in 2008, but the information is still relevant now. I used this information for my class wiki on collaborative editing.
Will Richardson, author of our textbook, speaks passionately about what is available regarding tools of collaboration and also about how we, educators and school administrators, often “disconnect our students from technology, from their passion and from those who share them.”
In this article, he gives example of young minds connecting and sharing while creating and learning. He opens our minds regarding letting go of “old structures of teaching and learning.”
I have been brainstorming ways of how to accomplish the "letting go of old structures" in a classroom without Internet connection. If you read this post in my blog, please do offer suggestions. I welcome them all?
You know, since starting this course, I really find that all this technology that we are learning about will be great assets to out classrooms. I know a lot of teachers still shy from trying to incorporate more technology into their rooms, but I think it also deals with their own insecurities of technology. They aren't familiar with it & are uncomfortable with computers in general. So it they're afraid or hesitant about it, chances are they won't use it in their room. I wish there were more professional development with ICT for educators.
ReplyDeleteWill Richardson's preface on -tectonic shift-
ReplyDeleteHi Roshel, in his book, Will Richardson talks about our inability to recognize that things no longer are the way they used to be. This is why many of the educators already in the field feel reluctant to embrace what is here to stay.
In my July 07 blog post on an Edutopia article -- Being Reluctant... -- by Heather Wolpert-Gawron, it outlines three different tiers of possibility as to why the author thinks technology is vital to the education of our students.
In addition, she also provides a comprehensive five-point discussion on the "Rationale for the Reluctant," which I found quite interesting.
The educators who wish to "redefine better" and move forward in their 21st Century classrooms will certainly place a place to learn -- there are many webinars (EdmondoCon on August 8 lucia@edmodo.com for example) that are still free and available to all.
I am happy to hear about your insightful reflections on a topic I, too, am very passionate about.