Social discussion of CS in K-12

["\"Reese, George Clifford\"" (reese AT illinois.edu via ctrl-shift Mailing List) <ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu>]

Hi Miriam,

Thanks for this. 
I’ve been pondering the changing role of teachers. Technology is a catalyst 
to this change. But there are many structural changes coming. I used to think 
that public education needed an overhaul. That our teachers needed 
professionalizing. But any more, I think of schools as our single, most 
stable public institutions. I despair at the idea they are not being 
supported. 

Do we not know what teachers do? Like the author of that piece, I’ve done it, 
so I can say I know. But it’s a different profession now. Different in 
Champaign for sure that it was for me in New Mexico. As a citizen, I don’t 
know what police do, but still, I think I can both support them and demand 
accountability for their power. As a man, I absolutely don’t know what 
mothers do. But my responsibility as a father is requires that I try to 
understand. 

I don’t know where I am going with this reply, except to say we live in 
interesting times, where what was thought to be stable is no longer looking 
stable. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. The overhaul that I had 
thought was needed is not happening in anyway close to what I would have 
wanted. We're becoming more test-driven, less community-oriented. 

I'm saddened by it. 

George


From: Miriam Larson 
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 10:46 AM
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Subject: [Ctrl-Shift] What do teachers do? Article

Hi all, 

I want to share this article with you all because it articulates a problem 
that I think is at the heart of the education technology revolution as well. 
People think they know teaching because they have been students, but they 
don't. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/22/you-think-you-know-what-teachers-do-right-wrong/?fbclid=IwAR03_DDrjQjM4LBWxwL1OXE08WqdkmrtXy-ikaCWx_iO9wp2R9Od1tu9ng8&noredirect=on&utm_term=.151bda7b41b4

I increasingly recognize teaching as facilitation and this will only grow as 
educational technology creates short-cuts for information access. But how do 
we bring light to that facilitation? How does good educational technology 
take that into account? What are ways you see educational technology trends 
sidelining teacher voice and expertise? 

All the best, 
Miriam

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Miriam Larson, M.L.S.
Kenwood Librarian
217-351-3815
larsonmi AT champaignschools.org
kenwoodelementarylibrary.weebly.com

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