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A comment

Just a comment on something I just heard at a panel at the “LikeMinds” conference.

bermuda_200812_640.jpgSomeone claimed that young school kids being more tech savvy than their teachers is a power shift. I strongly disagree! The fact is the teachers are adults, the kids are kids. That’s not going to change.

The teacher’s role is to help the kids bloom, and that goes through providing guidance in the learning space that is the school, which includes traditional tools like books, and new tools like computers and the internet.

But it’s not a power shift! When a kid in a classroom draws better than the teacher, that’s not a power shift. The teacher encourages the kid, right?

We need a culture shift, we need to stop being afraid of technology.

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2 Responses to “A comment”

  1. March 1st, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    Gautam says:

    Hi,
    I liked your photos on Flickr. I also have a blog http://www.freeinindia.com and http://www.keenee.com

    Can I use your photos on my blogs? I will provide the attribution to you with a link to your flickr page.

    thanks,
    Gautam

  2. March 3rd, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    carolune says:

    Hi Gautam,

    Thank you for your kind words about my photos. Yes you can use them for non-commercial purposes with a reference (see the Creative Commons License I attach to the photos: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ )

    Cheers,

    Carolina

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