What Does Real Life Look Like?

Eric Sheninger shares, "School should reflect real life".  We must think, how has the world of a child changed in the last 150 years?  Even with all of the changes, in reality, Peter Senge sees the worlds as more similar than dissimilar.  If school truly reflects real life, then he's spot on!

We should be asking ourselves, "What do we want kids to do with technology?"  I would hope we want them to use it as a tool and not a learning outcome.  Make prezis or raise awareness?  Start blogs or start conversations?  Create wordles or find answers to their OWN questions? Design flipcharts or change minds?

In recent conversations with learning designers, I'm uncovering an underlying passion and desire for creating "experiences" for students and adults.  I see PLNs of teachers where they are reaching out, learning, sharing, and growing with experiences in Google Classroom and Genius Hour.  Who wouldn't want to be able to spend time each day on a PASSION project that has PURPOSE...delivering what you have learned with PRIDE!  How about a place where you give a little time for discovering passions and in turn, the learners fall in love with their time at school?  Let's be creative - let's do the right thing for learners - let's take our schools to the next level and create experiences where our customers keep coming back with excitement!