What a powerful presentation by Michael Wesch. He presents a complex topic through such a simple, positive, yet relevant approach. To this day, I continue to be blown away by the power that the digital era can influence people on a global scale, and how this influence can affect others in many ways.
This new era we are living in makes it easy for the world to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate, and publish. Michael Wesch, discusses the importance of moving students from simply being knowledgeable, or knowing a lot of stuff, to knowledge-able, or being able to find, sort, analyze, critique and create new information and knowledge.
I agree with Michael Wesch that it is not easy to meaningfully connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate or publish. It is the educator’s responsibility to learn about some of the abundant resources available to us and to provide students with opportunities where they can move beyond seeking meaning to creating meaning with real world problems. My goal is to not only move our students toward this new way of thinking, but also to change the way parents and colleagues view the new way of learning.
References:
TEDxKC - Michael Wesch - From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able. (n.d.). Retrieved August 27, 2014.
This new era we are living in makes it easy for the world to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate, and publish. Michael Wesch, discusses the importance of moving students from simply being knowledgeable, or knowing a lot of stuff, to knowledge-able, or being able to find, sort, analyze, critique and create new information and knowledge.
I agree with Michael Wesch that it is not easy to meaningfully connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate or publish. It is the educator’s responsibility to learn about some of the abundant resources available to us and to provide students with opportunities where they can move beyond seeking meaning to creating meaning with real world problems. My goal is to not only move our students toward this new way of thinking, but also to change the way parents and colleagues view the new way of learning.
References:
TEDxKC - Michael Wesch - From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able. (n.d.). Retrieved August 27, 2014.