Blog 2

Reading this chapter of the book has taught me about the variety of ways I can improve my classroom in order to prepare the kids of the future. I enjoyed listening to what the author had to say about the people that she had come in and speak to her classroom. I think it was great for the kids to be able to see that no matter what your profession you will always need to be able to learn. Technology is constantly changing, the world is advancing and everyone needs to be able to continue their education in order to change with the changing world. I agree with the part of the chapter “Thinking to the New Literacy Skills”. This section brings up a good point that we are always going to need new literacy skills and the students need to understand that. The explanation of the “Flat” World was interesting to me. It helped me to understand exactly what students need to be able to do and how I can implement each of these things into the classroom. One of my favorite explanations of the things students need to learn was the adapters. It made me see that once you are a part of a profession you still must be able adapt to the job and be able to change the way that things are done. I’m sure that a lot of teachers think about this but I am not sure if they how to adapt their classroom to fit these ideas. A lot of my teachers in high school were stuck in their old ways and were not willing to change anything, even if it could improve the work of students. This whole section of the book would be something that I would like to keep in my class as a useful tool to come back to and reread.