On Monday morning, the K12 Online conference released its pre-conference keynote “presentation“. This year, David Warlick presented Inventing New Boundaries. Here are my take aways from this presentation. 1. David changed the metaphor from the railway to the airport This is an apt switch, since teachers need to switch their role in the classroom from that of a railroad engineer, pulling the students along a common path, with some excursions down the side rails, all together to that of the teacher as a air traffic controller. Each student is like their own airplane, with their own flight plan. The teacher […]
Day: October 10, 2007
Does the Backchannel Stifle Those Who Benefit Most from Technology
Over twenty years ago, when I first started working with teachers, one of the promises of the use of technology was to level the playing field in the classroom. No longer would those individuals, who are able to think quickly on their feet with loud voices and determination, be able to dominate the learning in the classroom. The use of forums and email would allow the quieter thinker, the one who may need more time to wrestle and reflect for some time, the ability to develop their voice. The net result is that everyone would benefit from the the differing […]