Sugata Mitra

Sugata Mitra presents an interesting concept where children can organize into their own learning community using technology with no correlation between ethnicity, socioeconomic differences, or location. It was interesting to see the children work together learning language and a variety of other information through self-discovery and socialization guiding one another to success. I would be interested in seeing this "hole in the wall" experiment tried in the United States in some of our areas that are "remote" in his definition.

Disruptive Learning

I enjoyed the conversation about disruptive learning and innovations. I have been reading the book on my own and it helps to talk about it with other educators to get a clearer picture of what it is suggesting. It has also made me think of some of my students and how I might start with setting them loose with opportunities on line that we cannot offer for a variety of reasons. It is such an untapped resource to expand educational opportunities if implemented correctly. It is also interesting to look at the business model and see how that disrupted some big companies and forced change to satisfy the consumer-that can't completely be a negative direction.

Today's Thoughts about Today's Students

I feel drawn to encourage today's students to engage in their learning in a manner that is creative and relevant to them. Nobody wants to be an empty vessel where information is just poured in. I want to experience learning and so do today's students. The challenge is also to keep them engaged with other people, to interact, to build relationships through conversation and action. I want to explore ways to combine the new way of learning through technology with building human relationships.

Thursday Thoughts

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