Helen Keller’s quote is an excellent summation of what the education system should aim for. Simply stated, education, technology and finances are an interesting mix of disciplines. As individual fields of study operating in their respective silos, people have a strong and powerful understanding of their products, devices and services. It is when their goals and business objectives cross boundaries that areas begin to blur and become distorted.
We all can concur that technology is changing how teachers instruct and students learn. The days of “chalk and talk” alone are over. Technology advancements are coming at us quickly, and we, as school leaders, have adapted accordingly to ensure that our children can remain globally competitive in today’s world – and tomorrow’s. Personalization of learning will be driven rapidly by software algorithms that assess student progress and adjust learning tasks to one’s interest and capability, embedding visual and auditory stimulation.
And yes, it is true, “technology giants have begun remaking the very nature of schooling on a vast scale, using some of the same techniques that have made their companies linchpins of the American economy.”
We must question, however, if the significant loss of individual privacy and the sharing of personal information accruing to the financial benefit of the technology giants is too great a price to be paid for these technology advances (Dr. Richard G. Bozza, 2017).
Once I read a blogsite and found this paragraph there;
“You wondered how to plant apple seeds, I think that is green thinking which is wondering. I think I used blue thinking which is new learning when I used the internet to search how to plant apple seeds-I didn’t know how to look after apple seeds.”
The children have begun to ask to put their thinking and learning onto the learning wall. In response to collecting Autumn leaves the children had these wonderings:
“Why do leaves fall off the trees?”
“What causes them to change color?”
These are thought provoking quotes about questions. I think this is the point which is all teachers would like to hear this because all teachers like to listen to questions from students so in this way teachers can evaluate how students understand the lessons or not.
“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.” Helen Keller
“Judge a person [man] by his questions rather than by his answers.” Voltaire
The Learning Wall, constructing understanding of words with big meanings.
I ask questions because I want to find things out. Let’s watch out this video!
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