I'm taking that as a sign that you may be the type of person who's willing to make a few ripples (maybe even a few waves) to help reshape the educational landscape. We need more people like you, people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world. When you take on the challenge of redesigning approaches to teaching and learning, you are indeed participating in such a high calling.
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As learning facilitators we have the duty to follow the lead of formally titled leaders, but each of us is also a leader in his/her own right. If every teacher (and every student for that matter) simply waits for directions to follow, then how can change possibly happen? How can an entire system possibly grow into the uncomfortable spaces where true evolution takes place?
Modern learning is a question in search of an answer... and there is no single solution that will revolutionize the lives of teachers and learners. There are countless strategies that are superior to last century's models for learning, but it will take a legion of clever sheep to invent, test and modify them.
You, dear reader, have a choice to make. Either limit yourself to doing what you are asked to do; or make the decision to get one with what you are called to do... to be a teacher who models learning, experimentation and risk-taking.
You really didn't have time to read this. You have much more important work to do. Join the crazy ones... get going and change the world!
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