The New Story

The New Story: “Its not so much that technology has changed the nature of teaching and learning, but that technology has changed the nature of information and how the world works, and how people work and learn and play. Because the world that we are preparing our children for is changing so dramatically (and continuing to change), we must rethink the what, how, and why we are teaching our children, and retool our classrooms to accomplish new goals.”
While I take a slightly more radical approach (I think we need to revisit our learning structures and spaces (i.e. classrooms) in their entirety, not just retool), David makes a really important statement - things are changing, and we need to change as well. Many thinkers have devoted time and energy on this subject…and while the picture of needed change is becoming more clear, our understanding of “how to get there” is not. Some would have our river of change meander through classrooms, others suggest it flows through completely new models. Some suggest an evolution, others suggest a transformation.