What is real learning, anyway?
As I walked around the group of students I was working with yesterday, I saw some students with devices out who were looking at ideas around projects they were working on. One was looking at a YouTube video of Basketball, one of Rugby League, and one of Fortnite. As I looked, I wondered to myself; who am I to say that any of these three students are learning less than the others? How can I prioritise one of these videos or experiences above another? Who am I to deny these students these opportunities, if it is going to help them in their future? And who are we to say what will help them in their future? As we move into the exponential explosion of technology, can we safely predict what will or will not benefit students? There is so much rhetoric now, for teachers to teach; - National qualifications (NCEA in New Zealand) - Social emotional learning - 21st Century literacies - Key Competencies - Restorative Justice/Practices Where do we start? How do we navigate this cr...