WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright ...
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Saved by 6 people (2 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-11-23
- Wfryer on 2008-06-19 - Tags professionaldevelopment , learning , education , teachers , collaboration , teaching
- Lindseybp on 2007-11-23 - Tags no_tag
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To really foster grassroots educational change, Burell believes it's critical to bring a wider audience of teachers into the online conversations. He says those speaking most often in the blogosphere tend to be edtech proponents rather than core content teachers. "Some teachers still have no idea how powerful these Web 2.0 tools can be for students," Burell says. He's making it a personal goal to bring more core content teachers into the dialogue and engage them in collaborative projects.
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too many teachers are still stuck in a grown-up version of "parallel play." It's that stage of early childhood marked by little peer interaction. He explains: "The abiding signature of parallel play in education is the self-contained classroom, with the door shut and a piece of artwork covering that little pane of glass.
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If one day we educators could only disclose our rich craft knowledge to one another, we could transform our schools overnight."
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