Support for 21st Century Learning

Carole Redline,

Consultant, Facilitator, Educational Designer, Speaker, Workshop Leader, Futurist


 

For the last 17 years I have been working with teachers to help them understand the power of technology as a tool for learning. Although I have seen remarkable progress and extraordinary projects, more ideas are needed to help educators keep pace with twenty-first century opportunities.


Advances in technology have been exponential and lately accelerating at an impossible speed. Keeping pace with all the new tools that offer extraordinary learning opportunities is difficult. That is why some teachers shun technology and others don’t fully embrace it.

But what if educators didn't need to learn the technology but rather remained the curricular experts and educational guides while allowing the kids to use the technology in which they are already the experts.What if teachers did not need to know how to use technology but instead empowered their students to use 21st Century tools to answer curricular questions, solve problems, create presentations and collaborate with others?

What if instead of seeing technology as an additional chore, teachers replaced their old teaching assignments with kid-powered research. Then the instruction of our students would reach incredible new heights and truly prepare our kids for the future, a future of team work, collaboration and real world learning.

Let's Stay Connected

Dear Colleagues,

If you have had success with lesson ideas that were begun in any of my classes will you please publish them in this blog. What a great way to keep connected and keep learning from one another. I can't wait to hear from you.

Carole

Great time to be an educator

I am and will always be a teacher. Whether designing classes, doing administrative work, teaching face to face or online, I am an educator. Part of my job is to problem solve creatively and that creativity in the long ago past was not always been appreciated. Throughout the years some have found my interest in technology as a tool for learning alarming. But times are changing. Things I had to fight for like using YouTube and teaching students to be responsible digital citizens rather than blocking the on the web are now standard practice.

Being able to work with interested and creative teachers enlivens me. When a new class begins I always grow a little more as an educator. Collaboration and communication with other teachers is such a great way to be a life-long learner.

The teachers who take my online classes are often inspirational. They take the simplest idea and turn it into a unique learning opportunity for their students. When given choices they go the extra mile to create lessons that are important. That is the model, one of choice and creation, they come to understand and carry forward.

This blog is for me. It serves as a reminder of the excellence of those I am privileged to learn with. But it is also for those whom I have taught. After all publishing of important work is another goal of 21 Century learners.  And this blog is a place to share and publish your ideas.

With that important idea in mind, can we continue our together. Will you please share ideas and lessons that started in my class and became a success in your own classroom.

Best Wishes Always,
Carole