Yet another IT star!
You might recognize this guy from the YouTube video I posted earlier this school year. He’s David Warlick and is a huge advocate for instructional technology and school 2.0. More information about School 2.0 can be on this particular page of his blog, “2 Cents Worth.” If you haven’t visited his blog, do yourself a favor and check it out. He is full of awesome information and is someone who I admire when it comes to what I do in my job.
In my judgement, what he says makes sense and is something every teacher should take to heart. The challenges all teachers face today is something new to education. We are preparing kids for a future in a world we don’t know that much about. The job they’ll most likely have is one that doesn’t exist yet. We are teaching them to solve problems that we don’t even know are problems yet. And we are preparing them to use technologies that haven’t been invented yet. If that doesn’t change your focus as an educator I don’t know what will. It’s a huge challenge, but with heroes like David Warlick and Alan November (more to come on him) leading the way, we are definitely headed in a positive direction.
