Pedagogy for the 21st Century
As educators, we’ve heard the pejorative accusation that we’re preparing our students for jobs that don’t exist yet. I’ve heard administrators say it. I’ve heard clever youtube videos making the point.
Tell us something we don’t know.
Educators have been preparing students for jobs that don’t exist for over a century, perhaps longer. With [...]
A maven is an expert. They’re the ones who know the best hotel to stay at in Paris and why. They’re the people you want to take with you when buying a house, a car, a computer.
But with the advent of sites like yelp and amazonwhere the average user can rate everything are [...]
In the 21st century classroom rapidly evolving technology and education are inseparable. Most educators cannot imagine using a typewriter after having used a PC.
However, when it comes to more advanced applications of new
technology, teacher knowledge falls below student knowledge.
Lamentably, teachers do not take advantage of the many uses of
technology in the classroom. Instead of integrating [...]
