Friday, March 27, 2015

Technology prompts changes in role of educators

Technology prompts changes in role of educators
Technology -- from crowdsourcing sites for lessons plans to online videos -- has changed the role of today's educators, English teacher Michael Godsey writes in this commentary. Technology has replaced the need for teachers to be "the local expert," he writes. "These days, teachers are expected to concentrate on the 'facilitation' of factual knowledge that is suddenly widely accessible." The Atlantic online (3/25)

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