Monday, October 24, 2011

Response to Education: Connecting the Lonely Profession

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006927.html

The article states that one of the main reasons teachers leave teaching is due to isolation from their colleagues.  The benefits of teacher collaboration not only will improve the students learning, it will also improve the teachers.  One of the main points made in this article is using web 2.0 technology to enhance the connecting of teachers not only nationwide rather globally.  This allows for more teachers to get involved, allows for more teachers to be connected and less isolated, it allows for more ideas to be shared.  Developing a project spanning five different countries like the flat classroom project gives something to students that they will remember.  Overall the more teachers that connect and work together using web 2.0 technology, the more students will learn in the long run.