Last week, Zoe arranged for Lisa Neale to come into our Technology class and discuss the education of the future. That is, an education where technology is not only easily accessible, but also central to student and teacher learning.
Lisa Neale is the one and only Principal of 21st Century Fluencies for the HWDSB. A comment I found particularly interesting was the notion of "blended learning" and how as people, we naturally blend our personal and our professional life, in addition to physical and virtual modes of learning. As a teacher candidate, I (we) cannot ignore the needs of today's learners. To engage today's students we must incorporate technology and the idea of blended learning, which takes place both inside and outside the classroom.
GREAT post about the inservice with @lisaneale. I really like how you clearly differentiated between technology and learning. I, myself was at an inservice about blended learning recently and was surprised at how many primary classes were involved in this type of pedagogy.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Lisa is from the Hwdsb - PRINCIPAL OF 21st Century Fluencies.
Remind me to show you how to link names to profiles on your posts.
Amanda, knowing that blended learning platforms are going to be central for today's learners, how can you start (even small steps) using a mix between online and f2f teaching?
Zoe