[ http://collabcorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/future-of-teaching-extending-o=
ur.html ]The
Future of Teaching =96 Extending our Imaginations
Thursday at NAIS ended with a stimulating panel discussion focused on stu=
dents in the
digital age and how they learn. Four =93thought leaders=94 gathered to pr=
esent their
perspective on how children learn: Megan Smith V.P. at Google, Milton Che=
n of the George
Lucas Foundation, Wanda Martinez president of the New Tech Network, and S=
helley Goldman,
professor of ed. at Stanford University. The panel was ably moderated by =
Wanda Holland
Greene, head of the Hamlin School.=20
The panelists opened with statements about their view of the future of le=
arning. Comments
included:
=B7 The future is networking and interconnection=20
=B7 We have to adapt to our students - we have to stop telling our studen=
ts to adapt to us.
=B7 Technology that enables/culture that empowers/teaching that engages a=
re required.
=B7 Back to John Dewey - His ideas were about putting students in touch w=
ith their own
learning. An example is project-based learning=20
=B7 School life should be more like real life.
=B7 Education is not preparation for life, education is life itself - Joh=
n Dewey=20
AND
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes=
: from Fred
Bartels
.. has to be a great quip by Pat Bassett in the session "The Power of
Transformation: Disrupting your Institution to Make it Relevant."
There are a number of versions out there of what Pat said, but they all a=
re
close variations of the following:
"The death of education as we know it may lead to learning as we need it.=
"
So after all the words have been said what are we gonna do ...=20
Whose death is it? Education or our Leadership? I wonder, Pat Bassett. I=
suspect it is
our leadership. Can we wait?
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