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Title: Today's Learning: How Exemplary Educators Scaffold Today's Learners

program description: Join a question-based small jigsaw group that panelists facilitate, then take part as they integrate the knowledge and experiences you share into a broader conversation.

Category: School Improvement: Ethical Issues

Today's Learning Panel questions to work in small groups with:


 * 1) Where do we draw the line with allowing kids to google and actually knowing--being able to have recall of facts--which facts are important enough to require of all kids?
 * 2) Is it the responsibility of the school system to assure all kids have access to contemporary tools inside and outside of school? What about those who can't afford tools outside of school--do we help them have access to level the playing field? Do we address access gaps in our schools?
 * 3) How do we address equity of access in classes? Do we provide more technology to those who choose to use it? How do we reduce variance across teachers?
 * 4) Today's learners may be different, but what do we not throw out with the bath water? What do we want to keep from traditional schooling that kids will always need to know, understand and be able to do?
 * 5) Redefining cheating in today's classes: if kids are doing the tasks in ways that 21st century proponents are saying, what does it mean to cheat?

Overarching question we come back and discuss after having these conversations in small groups:

How DO exemplary educators scaffold today's learners?

another possibility: To what extent are today's schools prepared to meet the demands of today's learners?

all NET*S except #6, all NETS*T and NETS*A



