Teachers, humbly step aside and consider how to really get the student, teacher and technology partnership to work.
The power to educate
Becoming a teacher might not be on everyone’s bucket list, but after watching eight year olds teaching eight year olds about native american life, I hope they realize just how powerful the ability to educate someone really is. Being in charge of other peoples learning was a new experience for these third graders.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. When I saw this post during the #1to1techat on Twitter I finally knew how to phrase it.
I began the conversation by asking them the following question:
How do you know how much you know?
One answer is, teach it to someone else. Our next challenge? If our students are able to become independent learners working towards becoming facilitators of learning, then where does that leave us as the “real educators” in the classroom? The massive outpour of information as well as the technology to harness its power actually leaves educators with a very powerful and humble mission.
It empowers us to help students become caring, thoughtful, and serious learners.
If we choose to answer this calling and put aside our slightly bruised ego and title of ‘sage on the stage’, then the student, teacher, and technology partnership can begin to create some truly awesome results.
by MindMake via MindMake Blog
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