What We Learned abt The Role of The Teacher at #Educon

How has the role of the teacher changed when a student can Google anything? That’s what three colleagues (@eileen_lennon, @JPatanio, @DarlynnAlfalla) and I discussed with participants at this year’s #Educon. We discussed with participants what we could expect to see more or less of in the age of Google as well as the new vs traditional roles.

Here is what we came up with at the session:

What we'll see in the age of Google, more or less...

More	Less
Critical Eval of Websites Analyze for credibility Creating content Customizable and proactive searches More developed questions and questions skills Primary Sources Sharing of ideas and collaboration True intellectual honest conversations Opinions supported by facts Transparency Nice political conversations! Exposure to other opinions Broader Community Empathy www.Thrively.com	Looking at the top hit in Google Looking up facts Education will be less of imparting knowledge Siri Slaves to the algorithm that is already dictated. Textbooks Working in isolation Less grey areas of understandable facts Teacher opinion One viewpoint and perspective Hateful speech (hopefully) Biased views Defensive arguments Trolls One size fits all

New roles vs old roles in the age of Google...

New Roles	Traditional Roles
Support students publishing Inspiration provider Facilitator Fact Synthesizer Digital Classroom Coach Macro Manager Ring Master Self-regulation modeling Learning experience designer, Mentor/Advisor	Audience for student work Information disseminator Dictator Fact Recycler/Summarizer Paper/Pencil Classroom Manager Micromanager Lion Tamer Policeman Facilitator

One participant, Dan Gallagher, shared this vision for how he viewed today's classroom. You can click on various areas in the classroom to learn more.



What do you think? Is any of this familiar? Is there anything you would like to try or have tried? What have your experiences been?  What are you wondering?