Will Richardson's keynote address on blogging and the use of blogs in education was a very enlighting address. When you take that in perspective of how students are ueing their computers and how we as educators try to block them from so many sites it helps one to realize that we need to change our approach. Students are using these tools and as educators it will be our challenge to mange this medium in an educational way rather than try to keep them from it.
It may take us a while to reach a comfort level with this but like all the other changes in education we will adapt and after such use becomes common practice we will wonder what took us so long to get there.
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4 comments:
I really enjoyed Will's comments. I also like the ou tube video he quoted.
During the lockdown at Central High School, an English teacher encouraged his students to process the event on their class blog. Other students contributed as well, doing the work that would have been impossible for the counseling staff to handle. There were also many hits on the blog from people all over the world. That is a powerful thing!
Wil Richardson is an inspiration for those of us who are passionate about technology and using it to teach our students.
I agree--Will's address empowered me to use more online tools in my classroom--I am so thankful I had a chance to be inspired!
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