This week's reading tells us not only how, but why, we must become a networked school. It may seem like a "trendy" way to bring innovation to the classroom but our times are changing and it is becoming almost an essential element to teaching and learning. This statement addresses one of the three cornerstones in the path of making change. The cornerstone of providing a compelling case.
This week we have learned that a networked school should include ALL educators. You will always find a "nay sayer" or one that may resist the change. That is where it is also essential to have a collaboration of staff to collaborate to create a networked school and to persuade those "nay sayers" to embrace the change. This group will serve as your change team, the pioneers. To sway the thinking of skeptics, the change team can then put their work into action which is the pilot stage of the three cornerstones.
Chapter four points out that motivation can be as much of an issue for us as it is for our students. I like how Richardson and Mancabelli acknowledge that each participant is at different levels of learning. Those differences should be recognized and expectations set at varied levels to keep the motivation alive.
21st century teaching and learning is here. As educators, I feel we must welcome this and be willing to incorporate this in our classrooms. Move over Xeroxed worksheets, make way for Makerspace!
Tracy, you make some very valid points from reading this chapter. I am wondering, how are you going to keep your motivation going? How are you going to use your motivation to inspire the motivation within your students? Lastly, do you see yourself using Makerspace type work within your classroom?
ReplyDeleteI honestly do not know alot about Makerspace but from the little I do know, I anticipate it to be a part of my classroom. It will help to keep the teaching and learning fresh.
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