Ideas for Educators Who Want 21st Century Students to Tune In
If
you are just telling students something they can find on the internet,
stop. Give them the link and use class time to have discussions, do
work, or make meaning of the work.
From a content and skills standpoint, why wouldn’t we expect teachers to connect their students to the smartest, most experienced experts they can find online?
But it is not either/or approach. It’s NOT either the traditional approach or the modern approach. There is room for both approaches, particularly there will still be a need for the design and management of essential (e.g. compliance, and regulatory) training.
If nothing else, we should be thinking and talking about this, about how the new realities of the world require different thinking and doing and defining, especially in the context of the roles the adults play in the classroom.