Sunday, February 27, 2011
Edutopia: Join the Movement to Transform Learning: A Guest Blog by George Lucus
George Lucus talks about how school is "locked in a time capsule" and a student will receive a diploma if "the student can spit back facts correctly." Technology has changed learning drastically and if we continue to follow this old model for learning, it may begin to fail. While textbooks are still being used as the main resources for teaching and presenting information, technology needs to enter the world of schools more rapidly. Schools need to transform into the world of technology and one-on-one computing needs to continue to happen. We need to "personalize student learning" to meet the needs of our students.
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I agree. Educators need to bring the world to the students. In the times we live in and the technological advances that are abound, there is no reason why our students aren’t creating, analyzing, and publishing on a world-wide level. Granted, many districts are financially trapped, but if they take that money for new books and set it aside for technology, transformation can happen. Will districts be able to buy all that they want? Probably not in one full swoop, but we have to start somewhere, one step at a time.
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