Thing 4~Explore Blogs
http://wanderingink.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/how-to-prevent-another-leonardo-da-vinci/
The above blog post speaks of the public education system “murdering” the ten most important characteristics of “becoming another Da Vinci.” It is true that teachers are mainly guided to teach using the objectivist model of instruction rather than the constructivist model (which is allowing students to guide their own learning through exploration and questioning). After many years in the educational setting, I tend to agree with this person’s perspective. I would love to see students so obsessed with school that a snow day would depress them. How different our society would be with completely engaged learners!
http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/?p=349/ The Time is Now post by Bob Sprankle was so well spoken! Since starting my Ed.S. in Instructional Technology, I know how “behind the times” I have been with integrating technology into my therapy sessions. But the thoughts of a deadline for mandatory integration is a little scary!
