Discussions § Transforming Education through Emerging Technologies (Fall 2012) - 0 views
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This pooling of professional resources to teach all the students is wonderful. What I wonder is how good the skills based curriculum in this program is at aiding students in making deep connections between individual skills, topics and disciplines. I think this type of teaching has tremendous potential.
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Uche Amaechi on 16 Sep 12Very interesting point about focusing on skills to the detriment of a more holistic synthesis. And what happens to shared synthesis when each student has a different learning trajectory
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PD involving looking at models of this personalized learning being successfully implemented into difficult school environments may mitigate some of these fears.
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This connects to Laura's observation that teachers are not really mentioned in this part of the plan--they are another piece to be glommed on to the plan. would argue to a more holistic view incorporating the realities of teaching into the fundamental levels of charting learning plans
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Educators who have learned in teacher-centered classrooms have more difficulty to shift their roles as facilitators. The new model is fascinating as long as it accompanies realistic implementation methods that serve all the parties involved well, at least better that how the situation currently is in terms of workload.
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Great points. This focus on realistic assessments of capacity and implementation seems to be everybody's primary focus
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