Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck. - Buddha
Saturday, 13 November 2010
A Vision of 21st Century Learners
The race is on and already many schools are competing to offer laptops and e-learning at school to attract students. Many schools are already planning to move towards 1:1 laptop or iPad programs, and parents are sitting up and noticing. Now this tells me parents are very aware of what opportunities their child needs, but do they know what know what a 21st Century student is? More importantly, do they/we know what 21st Century teachers look like and what do they do?
Watch the two videos below; if you were a parent checking out the local schools, what you would expect 21st Century teaching to look like?
I've seen a few of these videos now and I'm never quite sure why they almost always contain kids or teachers holding up written notes. Does this mean 21st century learners have lost the power of speech or that they haven't been taught how to type on their netbooks and iPads ;-)
I've seen a few of these videos now and I'm never quite sure why they almost always contain kids or teachers holding up written notes. Does this mean 21st century learners have lost the power of speech or that they haven't been taught how to type on their netbooks and iPads ;-)
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