The Evolving Educational Landscape
How does a shifting multi-media, technology focused landscape impact teaching? Sheninger explores this topic and more in, The Evolving Educational Landscape. Students and society in general are becoming more active users in technology, so how does or should this impact educational practice? How do educational leaders keep up with these changes? Society (including teachers and students) are engaged with the Internet, how do we utilize this to enhance classroom instruction and student learning rather than shy away from it. The internet can become a leverage for instruction if it's properly embraced. How can school be transformed to capitalize on a digital world?
Educational technology comes in many forms. As a building leader and lead learner, I must model the utilization of technology into practice. We're teaching students that are wired differently and in an effort to fully capture our audience and maximize student learning and achievement we need to shift our approach to instruction. A technological approach will get us there!
Meghan you ask several good questions and I'm not sure if we've really taken the liberty to answer some of those questions. I feel that we've just mounted the technology wave and are just continuing to build the computer all while pushing the start (return) button. This type of fly by night leadership makes some building administrators (myself included) uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to go listen to Sheninger speak at he MESD last week and he was great. He really focused on the message that the technology is the tool, but the pedagogy is what is most important-not just technology for technology's sake.
ReplyDeleteI was fortunate enough to go listen to Sheninger speak at he MESD last week and he was great. He really focused on the message that the technology is the tool, but the pedagogy is what is most important-not just technology for technology's sake.
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