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I've been meeting with two high school teachers from Silicon Valley who are enthusiastic about technology - especially "edtech" (education technology) - while s
by mikeleeorg 15y ago
I've been meeting with two high school teachers from Silicon Valley who are enthusiastic about technology - especially "edtech" (education technology) - while still retaining a critical eye towards them. They are also remarkable teachers who apply as much science as art to their classrooms. One of them even crafted an organizational & classroom management system several years ago and has been training new, willing teachers in that system. Both also have impressive backgrounds (one is a Harvard grad, in case you care about that sorta thing) and work at a high school that serves a predominantly low-income, underprivileged population.
Long story short, these are the educators of the future. They aren't afraid technology and have evolved their teaching styles to mesh with it well. And younger teachers who are rising through the ranks now will be even more tech-savvy and progressive in mindset.
I'm pretty sure James Miller is correct in his article that higher education, as it is today, will change significantly. It has to. But I don't necessarily think it will mean a significant drop in demand for college professors. Perhaps there will be a significant drop in demand for bad college professors, but not good ones with an evolved teaching style (whatever that will be).