Thing 16- Teach Digital

These videos forced me to look at the end product- what is the purpose of being a teacher? Is my job to prepare the students for the next grade level and to pass the next test? Or, is it to inspire and empower the students so that they may be successful in life? These videos really made me see how today's learners are so dynamic and our system of delivering instruction is so archaic. From curriculum to delivery of instruction to MEAP, I think our profession needs to take a stand just like the students in the videos. It is entirely true that we are educating students for the jobs that we were trained for. Many of those jobs will no longer exist and we haven't even come to realize what will exist when our students hit the workplace. This idea is what hit me the most. We need to be teaching our students how to be flexible, good communicators, and nurture each person's innate creativity. This new learning will change my teaching forever.