Journal #6 " Change Agent" - NETS -T- 3

Rebora, A. (October , 11 2010). Change agent. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2010/10/12/01richardson.h04.html?cmp=clp-edweek&intc=bs&sms_ss=delicious&at_xt=4cb7dc75d0303b73,0

Summary: Will Richardson a former teacher turned tech expert says teachers should have a visible presence on the web because not only can teachers become models for students but also if you are findable you can learn with others new things and current up to date things. Also Richardson says that a lot of educators don't see the opportunities of sharing their things online and they don't share because of this unseen opportunity. Therefore like Richardson says, it is important to share with others so that we all learn together. Also it is important as a school administer to show teachers that sharing is important and model to them as being very transparent in online learning activities. Also from the article/interview, I learned that kids today although they use facebook and YouTube, they still don't know how to learn with these technologies or how to connect to others by learning  instead of socially. Also Richardson argues that we don't give kids what they want to read and that's what they need to be readers. If Richardson were a principal looking for teachers, he would pick learners moreover than teachers, who are asking why instead of how. Its more about what you know you can do with what you learned rather than the content, as Richardson suggests.


Question #1: What is Network Literacy and why is it important?
It is that students should be able to create navigate and grow their own personal learning networks but in a safe, effective and also ethical ways, as Will Richardson suggests. It is important because students could be open to many opportunities that are not restricted to a particular place and time.


Question #2: Why should schools be more about what Richardson describes they should be, rather than like for instance mainly state assessments scores?

Richardson describes schools should be more learning about things that relate or are relevant to them and able to understand what they are learning rather than having the right answer to tests to show the state assessments that we know the content. I agree with Richardson, that students should be learning more about relevant things, but also that they should still be learning about content, but perhaps through technology.