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Blog Assignment #1

The Future of Learning; A Networked Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4dMU 

It is well known that the school system is built on standardized testing. However as technology continues to develop and integrate into our everyday lives, a new kind of student must be taught than in the past.

In a modern classroom the student is now often more knowledgeable than a teacher. They are a generation with complete knowledge thanks to smart phones, computers, social networking, ect.

It is pretty interesting thinking back to what my schooling was like. In elementary we had computer class where we would play Oregon Trail and Pac Man off floppy disks. And when I was in grade five our school got five Mac Computers, which only the high school kids could use. By grade eleven we were part of a pilot project, all equipped with lap tops, our rooms all furnished with Smart Boards.  This progression was all in the matter of ten or twelve years.

Which leaves me wondering, what will learning be like by the time I am done my schooling to be in those classrooms? How do you teach children who already know everything?

This video really highlighted this concern on how to teach modern learners. We have to teach them the means to learn. Although secondary schools are getting past standardized testing, post-secondary schools thrive on memorization and traditional teaching methods. The true value and intelligence of a child is not the ability to regurgitate information which we spoon feed them, but to be presented with an idea or concept where they can draw their own conclusions and insight.

As a teacher we must ask our students what they want to learn, and how they want to learn. We have to integrate technology into our curriculum and challenge them to prepare them for the real world. We must differentiate testing and teaching methods to keep them interested and learning.

Being a teacher has never been harder in history in my opinion. We must communicate with our peers and our students to work together to learn and reach our full potential as endless opportunities are provided.

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