Hold On Tight Here I Go!
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My take away this week is that 21st century classroom teachers are preparing students for jobs that don't even exist yet. We must use the tools and technology of today to engage students in collaboration and meaningful discussion. Adora Svitak says, we must listen to the children and their needs to better support their learning. We must set the expectation high and watch them rise to it, or she says, they will drop to the low expectations you set.
Ken Robinson believes the three principles in which human life flourishes are curiosity, diversity, and creativity and unfortunately many current policies are mechanistic conceptions of education. We must create a climate of possibility in order to start the revolution. I find myself drawn to the metaphor he uses of education as organic. He has mentioned it in his TED talks before, but in his Death Valley example it made a huge impact on the way I visualized it. Humans thrive under certain conditions and us teachers have to be the rain that brings the flowers.
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Jeff Albertazzi
9/13/2017 06:23:26 pm
Completely agree with the the technology impact has on the everyday world and how we need to incorporate it more in our everyday classroom life. With the integration has come a lot of "Challenges" both seen and unforeseen. No better way to Model a Growth Mind Set to the kids. Investments need to be made in teacher opportunities as well, as is our case with this program. Also we need to remember not all teachers and students like or use technology the same.
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