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By: 21st Century Learners and more….. « Gnewsome’s Weblog

21st Century Learners and more….. « Gnewsome’s Weblog — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:53:36 +0000

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By: 21st Century Learner « Tnprater1006’s Weblog

21st Century Learner « Tnprater1006’s Weblog — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:19:39 +0000

[...] to a higher level of knowledge?As I viewed the presentation that Dr. Lowell showed in the blog: http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2008/03/05/21st-century-learners/; it really demonstrates that 21st century learners come from a wide range of individuals and how [...]

By: Jady

Jady — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:50:33 +0000

I really like your video. It does make one think about how things are different from when most of us went to school. We live in an age where technology is changing rapidly and if we as teachers and learners don’t get on the train or should I say the shuttle, we will be left on a dead planet.

By: A Personal Take on 21st-Century-Learners « Remonzer’s Weblog

A Personal Take on 21st-Century-Learners « Remonzer’s Weblog — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:12:22 +0000

[...] March 9, 2008 Filed under: EDUC 628 — remonzer @ 3:12 pm According to this video http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2008/03/05/21st-century-learners/, 21st -Century -Learners can be very productive. It is hard to segue here to what I want to say, [...]

By: Shannon Murphy

Shannon Murphy — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:12:30 +0000

The future is here just not evenly distributed……

The future seems so dynamic and most people are unaware how information exchange is going to change our world. The revolution will not be televised, it will be webcast.

But a very good video to demonstrate how much information is out there and how people think and process information is changing.

By: Cathy Bechtel

Cathy Bechtel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:43:30 +0000

The video is thought provoking. After reading more in the Papert book and discussing what I had read with my colleagues at lunch, I have more and more questions. So he says schools haven’t changed in the last hundred years unlike the medical profession. Learners have changed though which is shown in your little video. What we do is different. What tools we use are different. The number of jobs we have has increased. So why is School still the same? It seems to me students who “do well” in school aren’t necessarily the smartest kids. They are the kids that conform to the way school works. They get it. They understand and probably at an early age how they are supposed to behave, act, and learn while at school. Those are the good kids, the ones with bright futures. Are they though really? Or are they just good at following directions?
See I told you, I have a lot of questions. The more I read and think, the more questions come to mind!

By: lowell

lowell — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:02:48 +0000

the nightowl album is from the Internet Archive

By: Tippi

Tippi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:09:11 +0000

I like the video. I think it sums up everything we have talked about so far in class. First of all, I don’t know how you find the time. Second of all, I have always had the opinion that when I spend time on the computer I am disconnected from my family. I realize that when we watch TV, we aren’t actually connecting with our family but we can at least do this activity together at the same time and share the experience and talk about it again and again. I think it is difficult, maybe even impossible, to spend much time on the computer and still communicate with those in my house. I would say that you are an exception but based on your statistics you’re really not. What’s most impressive to me is that so many people of your generation and older are not intimidated by these technologies. Because I am.

By: Stephannie Marsillett

Stephannie Marsillett — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:25:29 +0000

Wow! The video really made me sit up and take notice of the technological world we are really living in at this time. All of this is so new to me. I cannot begin to fathom how far we will continue to go before I am even able to catch up with today. I am trying, but this is a whole new world for me. I just wish it all came easy to me as it seems to for you. By the way, I loved the music, Nightowl. Where exactly did it come from?

By: Barbara Nantz

Barbara Nantz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:25:44 +0000

Awesome video! I loved it and makes me want to produce my own. You have hit the nail on the head with your comment that learning takes place in the street, in the bedrooms, at the kitchen tables, and in the hearts and minds. We can’t teach the things that students need to learn for life. Life’s lessons come from peers, family, and most of all your parents. Bill Cosby was on Oprah the other day and was speaking out about the state of crisis our children are in. He was saying it is ok to walk in your child’s room without knocking first. It is your house. It is ok to say, NO you can’t listen to that music since it has profanity in it. I agree with Bill Cosby greatly and think that his appearance on Oprah could be a PD for parents. So, my answer for “how to represent” that learning occurs outside the classroom would be to use the fact that kids learn from their parents. I’m sure everyone has examples of their child acting like them even if they didn’t teach them that. I always love it when a parents says, “I don’t know where they learned that from”. Of course, your do, you just don’t want to admit it.