A+Shifting+Notion+of+What+it+Means+to+Teach

**Will Richardson**
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[|Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education] (Solution Tree Press, May 2011) [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms] ( Corwin Press, 2nd Ed, July 2008)
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Teaching with these technologies challenges the traditional definition of teaching. Our main role in the midst of these networked learning environments is as a connector for our students, not simply content expert.

As teachers we must teach and model for our students //the ability to create, grow and navigate personal learning networks in safe, ethical and effective ways//.

This is all about [|networks].

Our roles as teachers change in networks.

Teacher as Connector Teacher as Collector Teacher as Curator Teacher as Co-learner Teacher as Co-creator Teacher as Communicator


 * Some examples of connective teachers:**

Brian Crosby Teacher as [|innovator]

[|Darren Kuropatwa] Teacher as publisher

[|George Mayo] Teacher as activist

[|Vicki Davis]Teacher as connector

[|Clarence Fisher] Teacher as networked learner

[|Jason Welker] Teacher as co-creator


 * What do these teachers have in common?**

They are networked learners. They share their practice. The connect their students globally. They give students voice. They create opportunities for real work for real purposes for their students. They learn with their students.

This is a period of [|Fluid Learning].
 * Capture Everything
 * Share Everything
 * Open Everything
 * Only Connect

And we are entering a period of "[|ubiquitous learning]."

What do you think these shifts mean for your own teaching and learning?

Take this teacher's Tweet: "In Gr.8 - using [|Google Earth], [|Flickr], [|YouTube], [|bbcnews], to learn about the protests in Burma .. world at their fingertips, AS IT HAPPENS!"

Now we have the opportunity to be connectors, to bring our classrooms to the world in a variety of ways. We can [|find other teachers] who may know more than we do. (Secret Life of Bees)

Tools for Shifted Teaching:

[|Twitter] [|Google Reader] [|Delicious] [|Tumblr]

What feels hard about shifted teaching?