1. The article "World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others," by Will Richardson presents his ideas on how educators and schools should adapt their educating techniques to better fit the new technological age. Mr. Richardson explores and explain how many great, new learning opportunities are presented by the new "Collaboration Age," as he calls it. According to the article, teachers need to, "think of [themselves] as collaborators first and content experts second." Instead of trying to shield students from possible dangers associated with the world-wide web, teachers should help students avoid these dangers by teaching them how to appropriately use the internet and networking sites. In doing this, they will help students learn how to get the most out of the new range of opportunities presented to them now. All over the world, some of these revolutionary changes to education are already being implemented with excellent results.
2. Near the end of his article, Will Richard says, "Anyone with a passion for something can connect to others with that same passion--and being to co-create and co-learn." I'm sharing this quote because I thought it was a PERFECT epitome for the entire reasoning behind why its so important for students to take advantage of the Collaboration Age. By writing and reading blogs, online articles, and other websites, students have the chance to meet new interesting people, get advice from professionals, and share their love for something with someone who feels the same way.
3. Something from the article that I found surprising was the fact that a student was expelled from his school on the ground of "cheating" when all he did was create a study group on Facebook for sharing notes. The article didn't really go too into depth with it so there may have been more to the story but it just struck me as interesting. I was also surprised by the number of schools that are already implementing new methods for education.
4. I was actually very intrigued by the ideas that Mr.Richardson had to share. I'd like to learn a little bit more about what would go into the process of changing texts and curriculum at schools to suit the Collaboration Age before forming a concrete opinion, but the arguments presented seemed very logical and convincing. If the statistics and ideas the article shares about connected learning are accurate though, I think it would be very beneficial for Montgomery Blair to consider going through some of the changes that other school all over the nation already have.
5. I'm really interested in psychology, all kinds. The human mind is really amazing.
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