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if a teacher can do a few basic computer skills (format in MS Word, copy and paste, attach a document to an email or upload a photo, and perhaps add a hyperlink) they should be able to transfer that knowledge across various internet programs.
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Teachers sometimes express surprise when a student can’t write a response to a question that is virtually the same as one they answered the day before simply because it is worded differently. Yet teachers can’t apply what they know about Facebook (or shutterfly, gmail, youtube, etc.) to use edmodo or a wiki? I’m not saying they should be able to master a new program immediately – like anything new it takes time, but they should have the flexibility of thinking to apply what they already know. If teachers can’t transfer their knowledge, how are they going to teach students to do so?
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Dependent on PD
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Besides the lack of time and/or motivation, I’m beginning to wonder if teachers really know how to learn new skills independently. We come from a system of education where everything was fed to us. As a student (even through my master’s degree), if I was told I needed to learn something there was a clear process I had to go through to learn it; sign up (and pay) for the right course with the available expert, buy some textbooks, go to class, follow directions, and collect my credits to show that I had learned it. Most PD follows a similar process (although greatly abbreviated).
So that is the paradigm that teachers have for their own learning – they feel that they need to be taught something in order to learn it. I’m not sure that they know there is now another way to learn, especially where learning about technology is concerned. But how would they know this new way of learning if it’s rarely been modeled for them? And if this is how they view their own learning, can we really expect them to teach students how to be independent learners?
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Learners are no longer dependent on learning directly from an expert, the information is literally at their fingertips, they just need to know how to access it. And most important, learners of all ages need to be the drivers of their learning. Just like our students, teachers need to seek answers through active exploration. Again, if we are not independent learners, how can we expect our students to be?
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15 Jan 12
RAVETTO-Dubreucq Martine"So that is the paradigm that teachers have for their own learning – they feel that they need to be taught something in order to learn it."
So perhaps instead of endless PD sessions for each “new” technology or different web application, teachers need PD on how to be self-directed learners.
Learners are no longer dependent on learning directly from an expert, the information is literally at their fingertips, they just need to know how to access it. And most important, learners of all ages need to be the drivers of their learning. Just like our students, teachers need to seek answers through active exploration. Again, if we are not independent learners, how can we expect our students to be?-
So perhaps instead of endless PD sessions for each “new” technology or different web application, teachers need PD on how to be self-directed learners.
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So that is the paradigm that teachers have for their own learning – they feel that they need to be taught something in order to learn it.
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Maria Älli"Students are using the internet to learn how to do anything ...I figured the same would be true for me as well"
article teacher student technology learning attitude pd professional development
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Jacqueline TrademanOne more link from the most recent version of Nik Peachey's site...relevant for those of us who have somehow become the "techy" teacher, and what that really means. This is another blog you can subscribe to too, it you are interested!
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Jenni ParkerThe focus of this article is on k-12 teachers. However, I think it is also very relevant for Higher education lecturers & tutors.
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11 Jan 12
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susan van GelderSo, I started using the internet to learn how to do what I wanted to do – blog, make videos, make podcasts, publish student work, etc. Of course it wasn’t easy, but I wanted to learn it so I did. (That is key – my learning was self-directed.)
professional development pd how to learn self-directed learning
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10 Jan 12
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Learners are no longer dependent on learning directly from an expert, the information is literally at their fingertips, they just need to know how to access it. And most important, learners of all ages need to be the drivers of their learning. Just like our students, teachers need to seek answers through active exploration. Again, if we are not independent learners, how can we expect our students to be?
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Kirstie Trulucka teacher reflects on the over-reliance on PD esp as it relates to tech integration
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Karen ArringtonExcellent article on teachers and learning
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Tony BollinoIntrospective piece on why a lot of technology learning would have to be self taught. Says most adults learn that wy
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So how did I learn all of the technology I use in my instruction and in my online collaborations with teachers? I learned it on my own.
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So, I started using the internet to learn how to do what I wanted to do – blog, make videos, make podcasts, publish student work, etc. Of course it wasn’t easy, but I wanted to learn it so I did. (That is key – my learning was self-directed.)
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are we independent learners?
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teachers need PD on how to be self-directed learners
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Allison HartI thought this article was interesting regarding how we approach tech PD planning... we need to teach teachers how WE figure this stuff out! I also agree with the point about the necessity of "wanting' to know something (learning that is self-directed)
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If we expect our students to use “critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making” (ISTE student nets 4) and “apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes” (ISTE student nets 1.a), shouldn’t we be able to do the same as teachers? If we can’t apply these skills in our own learning, how can we teach our students to use them?
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So perhaps instead of endless PD sessions for each “new” technology or different web application, teachers need PD on how to be self-directed learners.
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I think it is also vital that the similarity between applications is emphasized so that teachers begin to understand that they can transfer their learning. I think specific skills such as these are necessary to help teachers begin to become more self-directed learners, but ultimately it is a shift in thinking.
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09 Jan 12
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Eric ArbetterGreat insight and reflection on how we learn and how we expect our students to learn.
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05 Jan 12
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Tami BrassDo Teachers Need to Relearn How to Learn? http://t.co/j6CgsLmY via @zite
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04 Jan 12
Franki SibbersonDo Teachers Need to Relearn How to Learn? http://t.co/j6CgsLmY via @zite
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If teachers can’t transfer their knowledge, how are they going to teach students to do so?
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I’m beginning to wonder if teachers really know how to learn new skills independently.
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Neil WetherbeeInteresting & thoughtful - Do Teachers Need to Relearn How to Learn? http://t.co/6SaEFlFN #tlchat #edchat #edtech
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Learners are no longer dependent on learning directly from an expert, the information is literally at their fingertips, they just need to know how to access it. And most important, learners of all ages need to be the drivers of their learning. Just like our students, teachers need to seek answers through active exploration. Again, if we are not independent learners, how can we expect our students to be?
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03 Jan 12
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Aze_CunliffeRT @jmsalsich: I'm giving educational blogging a go. Here's my first post http://t.co/QNVdlTuR Would love feedback. Is it too long?
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02 Jan 12
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