05.19.09

Changing our Assumptions about Classrooms and Teaching

Posted in Educational Changes at 2:42 pm by bauerd

  • icon-noodlebib-hugeIf teachers are no longer the arbiters of knowledge in the classroom, our roles need to change.
  • Now we have the opportunity to be connectors, to bring our classrooms to the world in a variety of ways. We can find other teachers who may know more than we do. (Secret Life of Bees)
  • Here’s another example of students learning from mentors. (Polar Science)
  • We can also connect our students to other students around the world so they can learn together. (Flat Classrooms Wiki)
  • And in a world where all of our students can be content producers as well as content consumers, we need to re-envision the work we ask them to do.
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