Learning to Change-Changing to Learn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=player_embedded
Schools are WAY WAY behind the technology of today!Educators must use technology in school as it is part of daily life for all students.
Why is the most used technologies blocked/not used/frowned upon in schools??
- money/cost
- fear
- distraction
- lack of professional development
- legal issues
- model of education not equipped for 21st century
- ????
What if the education system started from scratch today...what would it look like...
Could you imagine if doctors only had stethoscopes & cutting tools today?
Education is a profession and teachers need to be seen as the expert and allowed to develop & change how learning happens for students with all the possible tools now or in the future!
Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html
Looking for the technology connection...!crisis of human resources, poor use of peoples' talents!
EDUCATION is huge crisis of human resources
(must dig into people like natural resources to find talents)
reform = improving a broken model
!stop evolution but create revolution!
dis enthrall with the past to go forward with revolution
-stop linear narrative (coursework, progress of classes to college, do this to learn that, etc)use organic, group, circular learning
-give up conformity (fast food= standardized)
make healthy individual choices not what is easy
-get way from industrialization of teaching (learning is not mechanical)
must look to farming/organic experience to make choices for individuals for outcomes
Bobby--Thanks for your thoughts and notes on today's class. Good talking with you afterwards, too. It sounds like you have a challenging environment in your school, but really, it's a solid opportunity to see how truly effective appropriate integration of technology can transform learning. Make sure you measure it and then celebrate!
ReplyDeleteGreat having you in class!
Hi Bobby,
ReplyDeleteA view on your question, "Why is the most used technologies blocked/not used/frowned upon in schools??"---
I feel a great deal of "fear" is upon educators. Fear of all that you mentioned, to some degree, at different levels:
**distraction
**lack of professional development
**legal issues
I believe as educator become more familiar with the power of technology, through professional development, fear of the above will begin to subside.
I agree with Kara. It is fear that keeps us from accessing the positive in technology. I also think a lot of it rests in the feeling of a lack of control if we allow those that might be better at something to lead us in a different direction.
ReplyDeleteYou are fighting an interesting battle in your situation. What an amazing wealth of experiences you bring to education.
Bobby,
ReplyDeleteI, too, have asked the question as to why technology is not more readily accepted in many classroom/school environments. I was shocked to learn that a colleague was willing to give up a SMART Board in her room because it was "on the wrong wall"...I mean, really?? On the wrong wall?? When people are unwilling to be flexible, I wonder if there is an ego issue involved that might be more detrimental than the surface unwillingness to adapt and move forward. Within the ego issue, I then wonder if it all boils down to fear...fear of the unknown (tech? new instructional techniques?), fear of failure (out of comfort zone), fear of change (professionally or in general?).
I continue to ponder the technology reticence with a lens on personal devices and my thoughts drift again to fear...fear of losing control? Fear of disengagement? I mean, if you don't know/feel comfortable with actively using technology as a tool for learning, how can you feel comfortable that students won't be texting or facebooking during class? And yet, this becomes a management issue rather than a question of what is best for student learning.
What a topic with depth and breadth of possibilities...both to increase student learning and to remain stuck in the status quo!
Thanks for sharing!