Thing 16

Teach Digital

Wow.  I found both of these videos to be "eye opening".  We must all take responsibility for how we relate to our students.  But why is it that our young teachers quickly move into this old fashioned way of teaching when they have so recently been a part of the new way thinking and learning in the digital age?  At what point has their creativity been squelched.  We all know that people who become teachers are already a certain type of learner.  Perhaps the creative types don't follow in the teacher path as they feel removed from us.  Not only do we need to teach into the digital learning style, we need to work with teachers in college to foster their development more fully.  I'm wondering how many future Shakespears have roamed the halls of my middle school and were taught to give up their dreams and majored in business instead.  What a sad thought.