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Marcia Piquette on 22 May 13Tech's Role in Learning is a 33 minute video produced by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach that focuses on the implementation and use of technology in Project Based Learning. Nussbaum-Beach begins by looking at the TPAC model and the revised Bloom's Taxonomy (http://www.apa.org/ed/new_blooms.html) with an emphasis on students becoming creators (or producers) of knowledge. She argues that the current model of classroom instruction (desks in rows, learning independently) will not work in the 21st century, and that we need to help our students construct their knowledge in a way that will prepare them for their future in an online world. The main point that Nussbaum-Beach makes in this video is that when our students get out into the real world, they will be connected to a global learning network. Whatever they do in life, they will be able to connect and collaborate with others around the world. It therefore becomes our job as educators to not only become connected learners ourselves, but to teach our students how to be connected learners as well. Our students need to be constructing their knowledge and sharing/publishing their learning with the world. She presents new "digital literacies" as tools that all students need to know to become members of this new global society and to make a difference in the world.