The seven C's of learning: a new "C-Change" in education.Odds are pretty good that if You're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be talking about changes to teaching and learning that the new Read/Write (1) Refers to a device that can both input and output or transmit and receive. (2) Refers to a file that can be updated and erased. If a shared file is given read/write access, it can be changed by someone else on the network. See share. Web is bringing about, many of the words you are using start with "C." There's a whole new world out there with a whole new set of skills our kids need to manage. I guess you could call it a "C change." Communication The ways in which we communicate are changing daily. Phones are not just for talking; they're they're Contraction of they are. they're be for texting, creating and sharing multimedia content, and for computing computing - computer . E-mail is already just for us old folks, but as we become more connected, instant communications will rule the day. Are we currently instructing our staff and students how to become effective and ethical users of cell phones, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , blogs and the like? Connection Information is being generated at an incredible rate, and we have little hope of being able to make sense of it all by ourselves. That's why it's crucial that we teach our students to make long-lasting connections to trusted sources and filters on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . We need to produce students who are skilled at making and sustaining these connections. For example, Clarence Fisher's students in Manitoba are building global networks through the use of blogs. Collaboration/Cooperation From Wikipedia to open source software, millions of people are working together on the Web to produce a variety of free tools and resources. This is the new spirit that the Web is fostering. Our students will live and work in a world where co-creation is the norm, and there is much to teach them about that process. The "Flat Classroom Project" teams up students from Bangladesh and Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. to study the ways in which technology is changing the world. Creation/Contribution We can create and publish as easily as we read, and we must teach our students to leverage this ability and add their own work to the global conversation in meaningful ways. If the bulk of what we ask our students to do centers around paper passed back and forth in the classroom, we are doing our students a grave disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. . In contrast, Marco Torres's students at San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. (Calif.) High School create promotional pieces for local bands and video projects that become public service announcements on television. Community The Web certainly opens us up to all sorts of conversations on a global scale. But this new Web also makes it easier to tap into resources just down the road as well. There are mentors in our midst, local stories to be told, and a rich trove of resources with information about our schools and our communities we can now bring to our districts classrooms with ease. Continual Learning Learning is now a 24/7/365 activity. As a result, we now have the opportunity to teach students to be lifelong learners and to create their own independent learning practice they can carry with them. Effective and ethical strategies for organizing the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. world are therefore crucial for educators to model and teach. For example, students at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia continue discussions and collaborate online at any time, day or night. Culture One of the most profound shifts we are undergoing is the move from a passive, consumer-based culture to a participatory, production-based culture. To continue to approach schooling from a content delivery model puts us at risk of quickly becoming irrelevant. RESOURCES Clarence Fisher's Excellence and Imagination Blog Mr-fisher.edublogs.org Flat Classroom Project Flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com Science Leadership Academy scienceleadership.org Marco Torres's iCan Festival de Cine www.sfett.com Will Richardson is a contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. to DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION and The Pulse: Education's Place for Debate. |
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