tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24316273.post6836805070296790552..comments2022-01-09T05:16:16.434-05:00Comments on The Connected Classroom: Maintaining RelevanceKristin Hokansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04644948722592900823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24316273.post-75634391621117819502007-02-16T07:06:00.000-05:002007-02-16T07:06:00.000-05:00Hi KristinI found you!! and found your comments ve...Hi Kristin<BR/>I found you!! and found your comments very interesting. We are the learners - and as we continue to seek new information and develop new learning it is because we are acting on what we understand to be relevant to our world. Our job is to model this for our students - to model ourselves as lifetime learners so that our students understand that learning is an on-going process and that relevancy constantly changes. What is taught needs to be relevant to the world in which our students are currently growing up - the experiences that they are having - and to the world they will be entering when they leave school. For many teachers the task is to identify both worlds and to understand that what was relevant in the past may no longer be relevant to the 21st century learner and member of the "flat" society. Think about what is offered in many of our social studies curriculums - do we question the content-the relevancy of the content to the needs of our students who will need to understand the culture and languages of countries that we do not teach about? There is a conflict between what we have always taught and what we need to teach. Technology will open may doors and hopefully many minds as teachers are able to access more information and expand beyond the confines of their classrooms and textbooks...Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524872696317737560noreply@blogger.com