Blog Post #13

Blog Post #13 Instructions:
What we can learn from Raj Dhingra in his Can technology change education?? TED talk. What can we do as educators to make learning better?

My Post:
In Raj Dhingra's TED talk, he taught us three lessons that can make better educators.
Lessons:
1. Dream big, despite small means.
2. Unlock the power of student- centric learning.
3. Deliver access to many, not just a few.

Raj says that "Changing the thinking, changes the solution."
One myth that is said a lot is that big dreams need big budgets. You can dream big and make a big impact even when you don't have a lot of money. You can achieve a lot with small amount of money if you think carefully on how to spend it.
The second myth is that we have adequate technology in the classroom. He says that teachers are delivering learning in a very standard way just like they were whenever we did not have technology in the classrooms. We have to tear down the walls of a classroom and we can make that possible with technology where we use blended learning a mix of different types of learning to kids. Blended learning is where you get the best of both teachers and technology. With technology kids can learn what they want to learn, they can learn at their own pace, there is more collaboration between kids and a much higher engagement. Technology can transform the learning in a classroom. When we integrate technology into classrooms the students are more engaged and the teachers role is transformed It turns out to be better for both the teacher and the students.
The third myth is that technology will solve all of your problems. The hunger for "tech candy" as he calls it, it like saying that teaching these lessons would be so much easier with technology. Most people think it's too expensive, and hard to scale when it's really not. We have to focus on making technology available to many, rather than a few.
The MOST important thing of this whole lecture was his last slide on his power point that said:
Learn. Share. Change.