Here a some highlights of what he shared:
- The greatest challenge for teachers is to keep up with change. Most of us like to walk backwards as we can keep our eyes on the past. We need to understand the speed and magnitude of change
- Social networking is the cause of most change today
- Change that empowers students often threatens teacher
- Teachers new role is to find and make sense of information and to help students invent new tools
- Students are no longer "little us's"
- Educators see technology as a tool, students see it as the foundation for all that they do
- Kids used to "grow up in the dark" intellectually and in school they were "shown the light" by their teachers. Today they grow up in the light and in school they are asked to "turn off the light"
- Teach skills that can be used throughout student's life: 1)knowing the right thing to do 2) how to get it done 3) do it with others 4) doing it creatively 5) consistently doing it better
5 Stages of technology 1) hiding 2) panic 3) acceptance 4) comfort 5) power - Recommended that teachers read 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- We need to change the way we teach kids before technology can help. If we don't change how we teach, technology gets in the way
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