Learning!

Remember the Seinfeld episode when George convinces Jerry they should write a show about nothing? It made sense but failed to pinpoint or explain what it was about. Through alot of reading and discussions I am taking a similar approach about learning. Students learn from EVERYTHING! We can't possibly measure everything that students learn or how exactly they learn. I learned from my parents, brother, sisters, aunts, uncles, teachers, friends, cousins, grandparents, opposition, people I didn't know, etc. We learn when reading, watching, daydreaming, doing, etc.

My point is that I believe our role as educators is to continue to learn ourselves and be open to many opportunities for students to learn. We need to look at ways we most enjoy to learn. We need to take a look at EVERYTHING and sift through what we want to use and what is most useful to us. In terms of technology, not all advances are wonderful for us to use. For example, while driving home on the weekend I listened to a program regarding Google Latitude. You can locate people through their cell phones and know exactly where they are. At first I thought Cool, this would lead to social interaction in person, but now I am skeptical about the misuse of this program. Even though I may not use this technology, I learned something new. We are constantly learning.