One Thing Leads to Another

SheilaT — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:10:48 +0000

(Delight) I was connecting with my personal learning network on twitter, which led me to a blog http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=1414, which shared a youtube video that made me think. Which led me to write this post. WARNING: When using the internet, often times- one thing leads to another.
At first, i thought- WOW this is so on target with why education must change for our 21st Century learners- i must use this in my staff presentation on the 25th of August. But, when I listened to it a second time something happened. I realized that I started a journey up the “new” Blooms Taxonomy pyramid. First, I remembered the website, name of the video (Learning to Change, Changing to Learn), and it’s main developer (coSN). Then, I decided to share what I understood about the article in this blog post. Next, I started questioning and thinking about the different points of view. I felt the need to analyze and compare/contrast these opinions with my own. I started taking the video apart in my mind- evaluating and judging the information/opinions. I agreed very strongly with so much of it, but a few parts I found dismal and somewhat untrue. Now, i want to discuss it and connect with others to see what they got out of it- both pros and cons. Perhaps i need to start a blog club and model it after a book club.
(Discovery)This is an example of a journey I would love for my students to take when learning!
Well, here is the video “Learning to Change, Changing to Learn”-

My take on the video:

Yes!	Yikes!
Every turned off device is potentially a turned off child	The level of business ”I.T. Intensiveness” rank education last. (Education is not a business and I cringe when it is compared. I.T. Intensiveness does not make a successful learner- many other factors do!)
Technology is not a choice, it has created a world, it has invented a completely different learning environment	“Bricks and mortar classrooms” (This sounds so cold and uninviting. Many of our current schools are safe, nurturing, and warm places!
It’s about creativity, connectivity, access, synthesis ability, communication, teamwork ability, multi disciplinary, multicultural, collaboration, problem solving	“It’s the Death of Education and the Dawn of Learning.” (To me, education is going through a metamorphosis, it’s not going to die, and it will emerge more powerful and beautiful than ever… if I have anything to do about it!)
The best quality teachers will help make the bridges, start with the teacher
Kids will be using cell phones to collect and share data
We have a classroom system when we could have a community system, open the door to connecting and opportunities
The jobs our students will be having will NOT call for a right answer vending machine approach
As nclb fades away, it will allow for innovation

(Disaster)

I had such a hard time inserting the youtube video above! Tried to use the add media button…no, also tried to use the insert embedded media button…no, also tried to use the add video button…no. Finally, simply used the HTML edit tab and pasted in code after completely finishing post. Helloooooo! It took me over an hour to do this. Live and learn I always say!Technology Delights, Discoveries, and Disasters w/SheilaT

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One Thing Leads to Another