Shift: A Final Reflection

As I sit and reflect after reading the final chapter of Alan November’s Digital Learning Farm, one thing comes to mind:  paradigm shift.  November gives a lot examples of teachers using forms of technology to reshape their classrooms, but really what is happening is that teachers are shifting from a traditional approach to a new hands…

EDUPUNK

EduPunks Say School Yourself There are a lot of interesting points coming out in this article regarding the re-shaping of how education looks, is delivered, and is quantified.  I agree with some, other parts I have questions, other bits I don’t think I agree with. “Campbell notes businesses will be hungry for people who aren’t…

Bare walls digital world

If student works become more and more digitized, meaning work is produced on the computer, then shared online, via PowerPoint presentations, video, etc, what does your physical classroom begin to look like? At the moment my room is richly decorated with student work. I believe, as I’m sure most teachers do, that it is important…