Design, Science and Technology

Teaching means…

…to help another person understand.

…to help another person understand why something is worth understanding.

…to help another person responsibly use what they know.

…to artfully connect students and content in authentic contexts.

…to cause change.

…to cognitively agitate.

…that relationships with children are the bedrock for everything else.

…to be able to see individual faces, needs, opportunities, and affections where others see a classroom of students.

…that you should always know the difference between what you taught and what they learned.

…to model curiosity.

…that students will likely never forget you (or that one thing you said, the time you lost your temper, how you made them feel, etc.)

…to know what it actually means to “understand.”

…to create a need for students to reorganize and repack their intellectual baggage.

…to self-critique your own biases, blind spots, and other “broken perceptions”

…to make dozens of crucial decisions on the fly not per day or class but per minute.

…that you’re going to be needed every second of every day in some important way.

…to adjust the timing, general ‘form’, and complexity of a given content so that it seems ‘just in time, just enough, and just for me’ for each student.

…to help students play with complex ideas in pursuit of self-knowledge and personal change.

…to be able to create an awesome lesson plan and unit–and to know when and why to ditch that plan and unit.

…to know the difference between teaching content and teaching thought.

…that you need to know your content well enough to teach any concept, skill, or standard within it 20+ different ways.

…that you’re going to work closely with people that will think differently than you, and learning to bridge those gaps with diplomacy could make or break your happiness

…to help students transfer understanding of academic content to authentic circumstances.

…to accept certain failure.

…to be a lifelong learner yourself.

…to disrupt social imbalances, inequities, and knowledge and skill gaps

…to confront your own weaknesses (technology, pedagogy, content, collaboration, organization, communication, etc.)

…to really, truly change the world (for the better or the worse).

…that you’re going to need a lot of help from everyone.

…to operate under unclear terms for success.

…to explain, model, and connect.

…to change, change, change.

…that in terms of sheer mathematical probability, you’re not going to be teaching for more than five years (if you’ve already passed that, congratulations!)

…that your ‘comfort zone’ no longer matters.

…your teaching program probably didn’t prepare you well (e.g., your ability to empathize and engage and design are more important than anything else you learned in said program).

…to practice humility.

Because of ICT there are sooooo many NEW possibilities to use with the computers and the internet. Just imagine that a company owner should employ people for each special application, NO WAY! (S)He wouldn’t have enough money to afford it!!! So it is necessary that the 21st Century worker/employee would be an all-rounder! An all-rounder WHO comes straight out of school and from whom the business/workforce could profit directly!!!

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There once was a time where everything you needed to know for your career was taught to you by the educational institution you attended and the company you worked for. You would go get your four year bachelor’s degree in whatever topic and that information would stay with you for a little while, then you would periodically take some additional classes offered through your company.

Today by the time you graduate with a four year college degree most of the information you will learn will be outdated and perhaps obsolete.

The world has changed and it’s up to us as individuals (and as companies) to make sure that we can change too. Organizations must enable employees by deploying the right technologies to connect people and by supporting employees and allowing them learn outside of the company. Individuals must get rid of all excuses and understand that they can learn anything they want anytime they want to learn it.

Learn more:

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/

We’ve been asked "how ethical is content curation?" so many times we decided to dig deep to give you a data answer: ethical content curation exists.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Curation

The 9 Things Tech-Savvy Teachers Do On A Regular Basis shows how edtech teachers are looking for new ways to innovate and deploy new learning strategies.

Having the original versus curated content debate? Here's research to help you. Advantages and disadvantages of original vs curated content are presented.

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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/learn-every-day-a-bit-with-curation/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Curation

To better understand how educating individuals can make a global difference, consider what we should stop doing, what we should start doing, and what we should continue doing.

What Should We Stop Doing?Stop teaching as if we have the answers.Stop rushing.Stop talking.What Should We Start Doing?Start looking for problems to solve, actions to take, and beauty to create.Start seeking out authentic, high-stakes audiences for student work.

There is a difference between Social Media IN schools and Social Media FOR schools. While social media in schools deals primarily with policies around how to use (or not use) social media in the cl...

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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/

Note taking is a big topic among educators. How do we teach it to our students? What are the best methods? Is digital note taking worse than taking your notes on a piece of paper? I am a big advoca...

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Sketchnoting

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity

In 21st Century LEARNers Know THEIR LEARNing Path. WHAT is "Professional LEARNing"!? Well, it is DIFFERENT from normal (?) LEARNing  as it provides the Students, LEARNers THE "LEARNing Path" and...

Are you using all available tools for your school's social media campaigns? Learn why and how you should effectively be using hashtags.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Hashtags

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/how-to-use-twitter-with-success-for-education-and-more/

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/what-you-should-know-about-twitter-chats/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence/?tag=Twitter

The Internet has become a major part of most people’s days and nights. It’s often the thing people check first thing in the morning, and the thing people do last with their smartphones before bedtime.