3rd blog post assignment

I read "World Without Walls: Learning Well With Others" for our "What do you want to learn more about?" assignment.  Here's what I thought:

1. The article first tells a story about an 11 year-old girl who has created a community service minded organization that gets it's ideas from the readers of her blog.  The author, Will Richardson, then discusses the new age that we live in.  He calls it the Collaboration Age.  He thinks that schools and teachers need to embrace social media and other online forums or learning centers.  He thinks that teachers should be the connectors to knowledge for the kids, not the sole supplier of it.  He concedes that there are safety issues, but he says that for the kids of today, having classrooms that utilize social media and the internet is a necesity.

2. "Welcome to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen." This quote really embodies the message of the article.  Richardson says that the age we live in is helping us to collaborate, not making us socially inept like some people would argue.  He also mentions that even the youngest of us are tapping into the web, which is one of the, "most transformative...technologies the world has ever seen."

3. I found it surprising that Richardson, who says he is a teacher himself, is so critical of the tradition methods of teaching, and wants teachers to simply help kids acccess the information that is out there, not try and relay all that information directly to them. 

4. I think that utilizing blogging and the internet is very important, and connected learning definetley has a place in CAP, but I also think hands on learning is equally important, and that cannot be overlooked.

5. I am interested in TV studio production, using the headsets and switchers.  I think hands on learning is more important when it comes ot TV production. 

Link to annotated article