In Digital Learning Strategies: How Do I Assign and Assess Digital Work, teachers are challenged to think about several questions as they seek to modernize instruction, though this is just a slice of what being a modern educator means. Using digital tools is essential, certainly, but to extend the message of the book to include other aspects of modern learning.
1. Embrace change
It is inevitable that the world will change. Your world will change. Our children will live in a different world than we grew up in. Change happens. The energy we expend fighting against change could be used to make the change work for us.
Embracing change means embracing personal growth. Make new paths. Travel new roads. New destinations bring new expertise. Be open to that.
2. Be a willing collaborator
Your students will benefit from what you model. Your professional practice will improve when you invite the perspectives and expertise of your colleagues into what you do. The entire culture of a school can be upgraded when people work together toward common goals.
4. Invite the kids into the curriculum conversation
The role of the teacher is changing. It’s not about being the sage on the stage anymore so much as it’s about becoming the coach on the sidelines. What the kids value is important and sometimes it’s important to give them a chance to voice both the ‘how’ of learning and the ‘why’ of learning.
Students are your partners in education, not just the objects to whom you teach.
5. Let student explore
Look for places in the curriculum where direct instruction can be replaced by deep student-centered inquiry and exploration. Let students discover the answers to questions.
Now that information lives everywhere, students have access to knowledge. What they don’t have is an understanding of how to select from those knowledge resources, decide which resources are relevant and useful, and which resources will be the best to provide evidence for supporting their thinking.
6. Provide Personalized Learning
Every each is different, they have different strength and different weakness. Guiding them and nurturing them accordingly would help to grow their individuality
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