by Matt Levinson, Edutopia
For schools, the challenge is how to bring together kids’ “native” knowledge regarding technology and teachers’ pedagogical experience without entering into a tug-of-war battle that teachers will inevitably and invariably lose when technology is in the ring. A colleague of mine from many years ago gave me sage advice regarding working with middle schoolers: “If you don’t have a plan for them, they will have a plan for you.” There is no truer statement when it comes to deploying technology in schools. Teachers have to design learning experiences around challenging problems where the technology is a tool that needs to be used to solve the problem. If technology sits idly on the side, kids will go in their own direction, gravitating toward games and other “distractions,” and teachers will feel “gamed” by the kids. The kids will make their own plan.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-teens-have-a-plan-matt-levinson
Share on Facebook
from Educational Technology http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/uis/edtech/~3/7g2nf_SfJKA/
No comments:
Post a Comment