Big shifts -
1. Open content - not limited to textbooks
2. Many teachers and 24/7 learning - everyone on the web becomes a teachers
3. Social, collaborative construction of meaningful knowledge - students work together to produce knowledge that others will read and add to - never finished
4. Teaching is conversation, not lecture - ideas are presented as the starting point for discussion
5. Know "Where" Learning - it's not as important to know the answer as to know where to find it
6. Readers are no longer just readers - they must be able to weed out inaccurate information
7. The web as notebook - we can collect, links, text, audio, video in an electronic portfolio
8. Writing is no longer limited to text - we can produce knowledge in audio, video, photographs, music for any intended audience
9. Mastery is the product, not the test - instead of taking a test, students can prove mastery by creating digital content
10. Contribution, not completion as the ultimate goal - teachers as connectors of content and people, content creators, collaborators, coaches, change agents
Just the beginning - We have a read/reflect/write/participate web
Reflection - I think librarians have been on the right track. We have been collaborators, leading students to find information, not just answers. Our assessment test is headed in the right direction - producting knowledge. I wish we could expand it to link together in a wiki all of the information students find and continue to expand it through the years. - never ending, always improving
