"Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world. Today it is less about staying ahead and more about moving ahead as members of dynamic learning communities. The digital-age teaching professional must demonstrate a vision of technology infusion and develop the technology skills of others. These are the hallmarks of the new education leader."
—Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008 (http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS)
I rather like this “take” on professional development - an evolution of self, but not by yourself - with others, a collaborative, social approach to constructing knowledge, taking turns being teacher and student, both: co-learners. Not a competition but a journey meant to last a lifetime, each new step building upon the last, unfolding, never-ending.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
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