"The walls of the classroom are literally made irrelevant by the creation of communities of learners that span oceans, races, genders, and generations" pg 148 For education purposes the potential for teaching and learning in the blogosphere using the Read/Write Web is enormous and exciting. But first we must learn and teach a new literacy as the author states "For more than a hundred years we have defined being literate as being able to read and write. And although those core abilities are still central to learning, they are no longer enough to ensure understanding" pg 148 (I think our superintendent would agree!)
Reading the "Big Shifts 1-10" gave me a clearer understanding of why this new way of learning will soon be changing how we "do school" and the potential as a educator and learner is so fabulously exciting...no other time in history have been able to connect with so many...could knocking down the walls of the classroom also help us knock down the walls to bigotry, racism, and hatred? Doesn't the path to peace begin with open communication and understanding? The potential is great! Not just for the classroom but for the world at large....we are becoming one people, one country, united by shared communication; on longer divided by borders of ignorance.
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