by Nancye Blair
Principal, January/February 2012
A dramatic shift is sweeping through our schools. The signs are all
around us. Third graders texting on their cell phones. Kindergarteners
who can navigate an iPod Touch better than we can. Middle schoolers who
already have an Internet following on their blog or YouTube channel.
These are not the same 21st century learners we came to know over the
first decade of the new millennium. For these students, simply watching
videos or images during class, playing an Internet multiplication game,
or even taking turns at an interactive whiteboard is no longer enough.
These new 21st century learners are highly relational and demand
quick access to new knowledge. More than that, they are capable of
engaging in learning at a whole new level. With the world literally at
their fingertips, today’s students need teachers and administrators to
re-envision the role of technology in the classroom.
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