My State of Flux Husband, Dad, Educator

Is this the beginning of the end?

photo credit: forezt

As I have been preparing for my upcoming presentation and in-service training I have been thinking about how the education landscape has been changing since I was last in a face to face classroom almost eight years ago.

While not much has changed inside a lot of classrooms, I would like to think that my classroom would look much different now than it did then.  I think about how my virtual classroom has changed over the years and I would like to think that my face to face classroom would have also changed.

I would to to think all of these things, truth is, I have no idea.  Maybe my district would not allow me the access that I wanted.  Maybe I would get frustrated with the firewalls and blocked access.  The testing, NCLB, the parents, etc.  I have no idea what it would be like for me now if I was in the classroom on a daily basis and I may never know.  So where am I going with all this?

My feeds and network have been hitting me over the head (in a good way) with all kinds of information that points to the slow death of the current education system.  I say slow and I think I would really like it to be faster.  I have included a couple of links at the end of this diatribe to give you an idea of what I am talking about.

In a nutshell, we have to make some changes if we want to see some changes.  We can not expect continued success if we do not start changing the way we do things around here.  We will not be needed for very much longer if we do not start proving our worth and increasing the value of our product.  Take a look at the stories that I have included if you do not believe me.

The beginning of the end cont... from   Jeff Utecht

A taste of honey from    Scott McLeod

A very cool story from    David Warlick