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.