Blooms and SAMR
I have come across, read about and understand these terms. I hear them in the conferences I attend, from the ‘technology’ teachers or ‘coaches’ as they are now starting to be called and it all brings me back to the same question: Why all these new terms to explain the same old quest and thirst for excelling in gathering, understanding and sharing the knowledge about what is around us.
- How do these terms help us?
- Does following these learning models make an average learner an outstanding one?
- Do they improve learning?
… so many questions come up in my mind and I seek their answers. I am sure many educators and even those who are not in the ‘business’ of education have these questions. After all these questions are linked to survival of humanity. Aren’t they? For me they are. What do you think?
I feel the need to reconnect to the concept of 21st century learning as mentioned in my first post: Does that mean learning through technology or shall it represent all of today’s ‘different’ ways of seeking and gaining knowledge? I tend to lean towards the later.
I see technology in abundant use in schools today, specially those serving the influential parts of our societies. Then there are those where ‘traditional’ methods of learning are still in full swing oblivious to the rapidly expanding technological evolution all around us. I may say there is a ‘disconnect’ between technology and education in a lot of schools around the world. In my country of origin I have yet to see a relevant example where technology has been incorporated in everyday scholastic learning. There seems to be absolutely no need of technology to ‘disrupt’ the way things have been done. After all same results, or even better in some cases, are being produced so why bother!
This touches upon the line of my inquiry for this course. Is technology the only or the ‘best’ modern way of obtaining knowledge and help us learning? The answer becomes more any more clear to me as I look around myself and analyse the information I obtain.
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Again, I want to hear your answer to this question!