I love when learning converges in various parts of my life. This week it happened to be work and online classes. I got to go to a conference in New York at Columbia's Teachers College. It focused on content area (social studies and science) workshops. The concepts taught there are simple, yet profound. These concepts often go against the grain of test based learning and politically based educational methods.
The readings this week, also brought into question the educational status quo. Along with Papert, I agree that we need to change our teaching to fit the times and the technology available to us. I am glad to have the opportunity to be trained in both online teaching and face to face teaching. The more I am learning, the more I am realizing how in this day and age they connect. In online courses, I often think about a face to face activity that can be re-created online, and vice versa for my face to face classroom. Connections, connections, connections.
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I am so glad to see you so happy and engaged. It is great when there are synchronous moments in various aspects fo our lives. I do the same things as you -- see online applications for face to face and the opposite.
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