My key takeaways.....
Technology has the ability to allow students to learn and find their passion.
Machines don't have passion or empathy. Passion leads to achievement.
Teachers need to listen, respect, and succumb to digital wisdom.
Engagement... How does personalization enhance engagement and how do you use technology?
Great education has always meant group work and collaboration. Technology is a way to allow us to personalize the great educational strategies in order to touch the individual passion of students.
So....here are my thoughts....how do you balance the skills that need to be taught in order to help the student be able to find their passion? Kids need to know how to read, communicate ideas, and work with numbers in order for their minds to be released to explore their passion. Kids who have limited access to be able to do these skills have limited access to be able to explore their passions. I think that finding that appropriate balance is what we need to explore.
I think kids come to us with incredible passion to learn. The key is keeping the passion and avoiding rigid fixed thinking
ReplyDeleteWith technology teachers are path finders. By coaching student's natural curiosity their passion is revealed through digital learning. In the presence of technology different questions must be asked.
DeleteMy favorite quote from the keynote was: Feel the Fear and do it anyway!
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