The Networked Student
As I was sitting and watching the video, I was thinking that, yes, there is anykind of information online that you will ever need to know. This saves people from having to buy books and pens and pencils, but it also rises the question, why do we need teachers?
Students need teachers incase they have a question, to help them when they get stuck, to guide them on what they should be doing, and many more resons. Computers and phoe apps might help out a lot, but you can't have a human connection wit a computer.
7th Grade PLE
Wow, this is nothing like how it was when I was in 7th grade. This 7th grader's PLE is very much like our PLN in the facts that they get freedom and we get freedom, most of their learning is online, while all of our leaning is online.
The idea of saving money period is reason enough for most people to change their conventional ways, such as buying books,pens, and pencils for the classroom.I know for my class when I start teaching we will still use pens,and pencils,and paper.
ReplyDeleteYou question was a good one, and you are right-- there are many more reasons as to why our profession still exists. One of which is because our education system is experiencing an overhaul. We have realized that teaching knowledge of facts is obsolete, and we must now focus our students attention on making connections between the facts they know. Hopefully, the connections they make will help them see how big or small their role can be and how important their choices are in getting there.
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