As teachers we need to unlearn, kind of seems like a difficult task, but how Will breaks it down it does not seem that bad. As up and coming teachers we need to realize that the classroom does not revolve around us anymore. Will stated it the best in his blog,
"For instance, in a world where literally any place can be a classroom, we have to unlearn the comforts of four walls that we’ve become accustomed to."
We need to realize that the Internet and technology could teach our students more than we could ever teach them, which is kind of scary. As teachers we need to open our eyes and our classrooms so that our students can excel in ways we never did. Maybe, if we included doing various activities on the Internet including blogging, our students would be more interested in doing their work and more interested in doing good since they aren't doing the traditional reading and writing in the classroom.
One of the 10 things we need to unlearn that Will mentioned that was my favorite is,
" We need to unlearn the premise that we know more than our kids, because in many cases, they can now be our teachers as well."
Just because we have the college degree and the Master's doesn't mean anything. Since there are endless possibilities with learning we can ALWAYS learn something new from anyone or anything because of technology. Maybe, we should really listen to our students to that we can meet their needs to succeed.
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Doesn't "Unlearning what we've learned" sound simply exhausting? Granted I think learning from our students as well as having them learn from us is a great idea... this information is asking us to totally change our classroom's around. Simply because we have grown up in schools where we sat and the teacher spoke, I never felt as if I wasn't learning from my fellow classmates. Do you know what I mean? I never felt as if I didn't have a voice in the classroom. BUT, since everything else around us is changing, might as well give these idea's a chance as well.
How true Kris. Will is simply acknowledging the 3.0 flat world Friedman is describing.
And I agree, despite its being necessary and inevitable change is always anxiety-producing.
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