C4T #4

Neil Anderson Responds to Student Privacy Concerns

Ms. Heidi Siwak is a teacher from Ontario, Canada. Her latest blog post was a response from Neil Anderson. He is a member of the Association for Media Literacy. He responded to her concerns about a students right to privacy in this age of digital learning. He addressed her questions about com-modification. He explains that different companies solicit school liaisons and use their interactions to further sales. It was quite impressive.

    

21st Century Classroom

In this post, Ms. Heidi Siwak talked about integrative learning and her journey in becoming a 21st century teacher and learner. She is very excited about integrative and design thinking. It takes students to the next level. She explains the essential skills of a 21st century learner.

-Collaboration

-Problem-Solving

- Empathy

-Communication

-Digital Literacy

-Creativity

-Entrepreneurship

-Leadership

-Lifelong-Learning

She is correct. All of these are the result of 21st century learning. I liked what she said at the beginning of her post.

"Just because students are involved in inquiry and project-based learning doesn't mean they are engaged in disciplined thinking."