Cooperative Catalyst is actually a blog site where many teachers have posted to it, but the most recent posts have been those done by Aaron Eden. In his posts he talks much about technology and how students should start learning on their own.
In Aaron's most recent post "Teaching Without Knowing, And Finding Problems to Solve", he says how it is okay for teachers to now always know the answers to questions students may have. Aaron states that most students turn towards teachers for the answers because all their lives they are taught to go to the teacher if they do not know something. Instead he thinks students should research on their own and do the problem solving themselves. I agreed with a lot that he had to say. With becoming a teacher so much is being changed now a days who knows what the real answer is to anything. Have kids learn on their own though will allow them to be better problem solvers and learners.
Aaron's second post "Online Education is Not the Disruption" is more about how some people may go against online learning. He states that even if the entire class is not online that some online learning can help students actually learn better. When students are always in the classroom they are mostly taught to "cram-and-regurgitate". With that being said I like what Aaron had to say about how the technology is becoming. The online learning is not the disruption, but they way things are taught is. Sure students may learn more if they are in the classroom, but if they have to look up the answer for themselves or even do online based learning they may end up learning more.
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