למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

As I listened to the presenter, something didn't sit right with me. At first I couldn't figure out what it was. So much of what was being said I agreed with. Tech needs to be part of the entire learning process; social bookmarking during research, Google Docs to create a common document, collaboration between peers, the creation of technology projects – things that I advocate and have implemented in my own classroom. It wasn't until talk turned to the importance of outlining student objectives at the beginning of each class that it hit me — This is a teacher-centred classroom that’s being advocated — the complete opposite of my own classroom.

And that's when I realized — it's not enough to embed technology. It's possible to embed technology in every aspect of teaching and learning and it still be a completely teacher-centred classroom. The teacher in control of what is learned, how it's learned and for a large part, how students show their learning. This needs to change.

Rebekah came to me completely distraught that Chloe wouldn't jump through her hoops. So I responded from my own experience as a teacher and said, "Well, why don't you ask Chloe what she wants to learn about?"

Rebekah looked at me and retorted, "That is not what school is like."

"Well, that's what my classroom is like."

Quite emphatically she exclaimed with all of the authority that a seven-year-old can muster: "Well, all the years I've been at school I've never had a teacher like that. Miss so-and-so didn't do that, and Mrs. so-and-so didn't do that. You sit in your desk and do what the teacher tells you. That's how school works."