Do you think this piece of advice could apply to your classroom? Certainly. In fact, they have to do what we’ve been exploring in this edublogtalk. As we’ve been discussing, blogging is an eye opener, an exploration of our peripheral views of what surrounds us. Through blogging, we can tap our external world to our inner voices. And that’s exactly the point of Scott Smith’s presentation in lift08. No, he was not talking specifically to educators, but surely to teacherpreneurs, those who are ready for change, subverting old-fashioned practices and trying to see the future the already involves us. Scott was talking about foresight, perceiving the future. He asks what motivates people, what the trends are, what the driving forces are to give us a picture of what surrounds us. Then, he explores the need for a human-based insight, to get on the street and “see” what is out there. Blending external factors to internal is key to understanding the directions we’re taking. Isn’t that what we should question and look for as educators?
What are our students’ driving forces? What touches them? What motivates them? What switches on their creativity, their passion? What are we doing to encourage that?
There’s still a lot to explore from Scott’s talk, but my message here is to look around and find the future around us and explore it with our learners to the benefit of each individual that we encounter and touch. What a better way than to start by blogging and encouraging students to see, reflect, express themselves, and engage in discussions?
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