Posts Tagged ‘image’
Still true
Posted on: April 29, 2019
I was not the first to point this out. Unfortunately, I will not be the last.
I cannot remember when I first started using this phrase: We have 21st century learners taught by 20th century teachers in 19th century classrooms. I can point to one of my keynote slides that someone put on Pinterest.
Searching my Google Presentations, I found a keynote slide in 2016, another keynote slide in 2014, and a presentation for a Google event in 2012.
I will stop saying this the day it no longer is true. In the mean time, I offer a slightly different quote.
Unlearning before learning
Posted on: January 25, 2019
I read this recent tweet and decided to make an image quote out of some of it.
Unlearning is hard. With older learners, unlearning is often prerequisite to learning. Old habits die hard, if at all. You must break before you can make.
In edu-speak, we might point out the importance of deconstructing before constructing. If we encourage learners to build on the wrong foundations or with questionable materials, we are at fault for rushing with the building instead of starting with the tedious work of deconstructing.
Image quote revisited 10
Posted on: December 18, 2018
This is the same quote on the new background (above) and the old one (below).
If the message holds true, why change the background (other than to update it with CC information)?
The old image juxtaposed a typewriter with what is now a really old iPhone. We would not judge mobile-ness with a ten-year-old phone, so why should we evaluate the outcomes of education any differently?
If your reply is that schooling and education change much more slowly, then you might be part of the problem.
Image quote revisited 9
Posted on: December 17, 2018
Whether the quote is in its new form…
… or its old one…
… my guess is that most teachers would agree with the sentiment. But easier said than done.
Most teachers are taught to provide answers and thus tell students what to see. The problem with doing this is not just providing answers when there are no questions. It is not being comfortable with generating questions and facing questions with no clear answers.
We are accustomed to the pedagogy of answers, but not to the pedagogy of questions.
Image quote revisited 8
Posted on: December 16, 2018
By the time this entry goes live, I should be rewarding myself with a short and actual break.
But I can bend light and see something beyond the horizon. This is why I chose to revise this image quotation.
The new image is above while the original below was one that I uploaded to Google Photos in October 2015.
Like my reflection on yesterday’s image quote, I liked the original image. It was simple and the bloodied “repeat” button sent its own visual message.
As I work with different agencies and various stakeholders, I sometimes wonder why they do not learn from one another. The opportunities wait to be taken and the links between groups grow cold. So instead of learning from the mistakes of others, they make the same ones all over again.
Image quote revisited 7
Posted on: December 15, 2018
I am in the midst of preparing for a Masters course that will debut early next year.
The last three weeks has seen me spending between three to six hours every day reading, writing, revising, and reflecting. I have done this despite technically being on vacation with my family.
The last few years of being an education consultant have taught me how to be constantly working while simultaneously taking a break. That is not an oxymoron. It is simply a sign of the times. So my revisited image quote is timely.
The revised image is above and it was based on the one below.
I actually like the original because of what it contains and the way it is composed. Technology is the enabler for this mindset, but it is our children’s interest that is the impetus for such change.
So why change the background image? I could not resist the visual message that combined a space-age suit and crumbling books. It is contrary to tell our children to reach for the stars while burying them with our hangups.
Image quote revisited 6
Posted on: December 14, 2018
I did not feel like writing. I felt like making something.
Or rather, remaking something. So this is a continuation of my “image quote revisited” series.
The new one above was based on one of my originals below.
