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Tinkering... makerspaces... engineering... design thinking... learning spaces... robotics... coding...These are all things that are big in my county right now... along with a HUGE push to use techn...
I think, as educators, we need to stop talking change. We need to stop talking revolution, or reform, or transformation, or evolution or any of those other words that basically say what we’re doing isn’t working.
We need to set common goals and then use what we know about teaching and learning to reach those goals.
It’s not about test scores.
It’s not about reading and writing and ‘rithmetic–or coding, or tinkering, or making or technology. It’s about LEARNING… and COMPREHENDING… and ANALYZING… and EVALUATING… and CREATING… and THINKING… and using the habits of mind that support critical thinking, reacting thoughtfully, doing and sharing.
It’s about being a thoughtful, productive, responsible member of the society we call the human race.
Go AWAY from OLD lessons and "Rethink" by Learning NEW Pedagogy and HowTo use the Technology on a pedagogical way...
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Education+3.0
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Proactive+Thinking
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Analytics+in+the+classroom