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Will RichardsonEvery week, my kids bring home their “Friday Folders” from school, usually packed with paper…torn out worksheet pages, handouts from school, permission slips, tests taken, more worksheets, lunch menus, letters from the principal, more worksheets, more tes
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09 Aug 07
Jennifer Lubke. . . the more I look at it, the more I’m convinced that my kids just are not being served by the constant passing of paper back and forth, by a curriculum that’s driven by stupid assessments. . . . (from Weblogg-ed)
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15 May 07
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Jennifer Says:
<!--<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-21086" title="Thursday, May 10th, 2007 at 6:36 pm"></a> after publication. </small>--> May 10th, 2007 at 6:36 pmWill —
I have a couple of wonderments.#1 — Have you considered home schooling??
#2 — Do you go and volunteer in the classrooms of your kids? (though that may be intimidating to the teacher if she/he knows how HIGHLY you are respected of your tech use.)
I would NOT in any way though question the teacher first — because she/he might be living up the the expectations of the administration. Perhaps the admin thinks the more worksheets demonstrates the teacher’s abilities.
This is much more deeper an issue that the pile of papers you are accumulating.
Up for a game of chess tonight?? — I shall be in SL for a bit.
Jen
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- Linda Says:
<!--<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-20936" title="Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 at 6:54 pm"></a> after publication. </small>--> May 9th, 2007 at 6:54 pmAnd the school and district are not turning to you as a resource to demonstrate, model, mentor, inspire, and transform learning for both the teachers and learners?
Will you move to my district?
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I was reminded of this by David’s post today where he writes about the need for students to become more self-directed, to take charge of more of their own learning in a world where, for the kids who are connected, at least, there is so much more to learn. I know this isn’t anything new; we should have been teaching kids that all along. But the fact is that what we’ve taught them is that the teacher sets the agenda, defines the method, assesses the outcome and controls the whole process. And as David suggests, it’s no wonder many teachers and adults in general seem to be waiting for someone, anyone, to teach them instead of taking the initiative to teach themselves; we are most all products of the system.
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- Self-learners who are able to navigate the 10 or 15 or however many job changes people are predicting for them by the time they are 30
- Self-selectors who must find and evaluate and finally choose their own teachers and collaborators as they build their own networks of learners
- Self-editors who can look at a piece of information and assess it on a variety of levels, not simply believe it because someone else does
- Self-organizers who can manage the slew of information coming at them by developing their own structures and strategies for making sense of it all
- Self-reflectors who are not solely dependent on external evaluation to drive their decision making and their evolution as learners and people
- Self-publishers who understand the power and importance of sharing and connecting information and knowledge and can do it effectively and ethically
- Self-protectors who understand where the online dangers lie, can recognize them, and can act appropriately to stay away from harm
They are not being empowered to learn, not being helped to become:
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11 May 07
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Yvonne MurtaghIt’s the Empowerment, Stupid (Will Richardson)
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10 May 07
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