Innovations in teaching

After watching the videos the last few days yo have to wonder where is education heading and what will the classroom look like in 10-20 years. On the one hand it may not look much different than it does today. Education has a way of moving slowly and changing slowly. I don't think this is a bad thing. Contrary to popular opinion I think our system has done an excellent job educating people in this country. As with most things in a free society we give you the tools and the opportunity and then it's up to you. We've talked about change in education a lot over the years but I think the shift with using technology is real. I can see in as little as 10 years at least half of the students will be in a classroom at least half of the time they are now. This isn't a bad thing, it will simply over more opportunity and different opportunities for teachers to teach. For teachers it will require a different set of skills. This is the difficult part for me. I know how to teach chemistry and I know what kids need to do to learn chemistry but I don't know how to do it using web 2.0 tools. As we watch these examples of what teachers are doing and how they're doing it it's very scary yet exciting. I think we're going through big changes in education and staying ahead of the curve is becoming more and more important.