Omnivorous Surfer

I find I'm featuring others' blog posts (mostly educational in nature) here more often than before. That's partly because I'm reading them more, and partly because I'm hoping that some non-blog-readers who find their way here will be encouraged to check them out and begin searching for ones that match their interests, oh, and maybe begin blogging themselves.

Today I enjoyed the "Technology-Transformed Learning Environments" post on David Warlick's blog. Having a long-standing interest in using technology in the classroom, I appreciated his description of what technology-infused learning looks like (definitely read the blog for the details):

• learning fueled by questions
• students engaged in a way that provokes conversation
• learning situations responsive to the learner's actions
• learning experience compelling a personal investment by the learner and contributing to the learner's identity
• learning resulting from significant opportunities to safely make mistakes

If you're interested in and decide to read that post, be sure to also read a follow-up post, "Some Good Tech-Transformed SD Questions."

There's much to think about in these two posts. The level of benefit from the use of technology in education is obviously dependent on good teachers, those who know how to use it to its fullest potential for students. Teachers need to be constantly evaluating technologies and their teaching methods to see how they can more effectively engage learners and help them reach new levels of thinking, understanding, and knowledge.