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» Responding to a Few Education Predictions: @Braddo Chris Lott — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:50:21 +0000

[...] Ovenell-Carter (aka @Braddo) was kind enough to bring his 2010 Prediction for K-12 Education to my attention. While they’re labeled "K-12" they are also relevant, in different [...]

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:41:19 +0000

[...] Ovenell-Carter (aka @Braddo) was kind enough to bring his 2010 Prediction for K-12 Education to my attention. While they’re labeled "K-12" they are also relevant, in different [...]

By: Braddo

Braddo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:49:23 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Bob. I’ve said in a couple places that students are not digital natives. I have to admit that I was carried away by the possibilities of social media. But, really, I don’t think there’s ever been an idea or medium that everyone has instantly and intuitively taken up. So why did I think all kids would leap onto the social media bandwagon? #arrogance

By: Bob Cotter

Bob Cotter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:21:45 +0000

I can’t recall if it was you who wrote before or someone else who’s blog I read about the need students have for seeing the practicality of what they are doing, not simply the teacher’s desire for them to do it. I was reminded of that with the notation you made stating, “Why can’t we just write this in Google Docs?”.

Alas, there are far too many classrooms I am familiar with where the teacher not only has no idea what Google Docs is, but also no idea of where a computer might be used as a tool to be used for instruction.

Will there be significant change in 2010? As a person who is now more of an interested bystander than a direct motivator of change, I will be interested to watch and see.

Hope your start to 2010 is exciting… Cheers… Bob