Who Can Teach?- Reinventing Education

[Sue Bedard]

Your Name and Title: Dr. Sue Bedard, Founder SueB Consulting

Who Can Teach?-Reinventing Education

School or Organization Name: SueB Consulting

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Florida, USA

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): everyone who needs documented support for why a shift in content delivery is needed.

Short Session Description (one line): Who Can Teach?

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

I hope to create a conversation about doing things differently, learning in different ways – Personal Learning Environments (PLE). I propose educators engage in learning from the experts, develop a community that provides content for you and you provide for them. We need to see education as something that we create and share, not as something that is simply handed to someone through a worksheet. I will provide information on creating personal learning environments.

I have in mind for educators to go back to kindergarten and experience learning with no fear. Do not think about the time constraints, the daily requirements for curriculum mastery. Take a step backwards and commit to becoming a facilitator of knowledge. I want teachers to embrace the possibilities of change rather than work within the constraints of the system. I want teachers to commit to actively working on creating a Personal Learning Environment. I want them to connect to strangers, leaders in education, people who can support their ideas and passions. I want them to have a virtual presence where they share information and they receive information. I want them to be followed and follow. I want them to become digital citizens and then and only then will they be comfortable to challenge and educate their students. They will experience the “Who can teach” and soon realize it takes more than one person to sort through and know all of the information of today and tomorrow.

This session is about collaboration and communication; it is about doing things differently. Educators need to be actively engaged in their own personal learning environments in order to effectively guide their learners and to demonstrate the power of collaborative learning. Attendees will be able to create a personalized experience based on their connected space, the people they network with. Attendees will leave this session understanding why and how to connect with others, tools to connect and collaborate with, and organizations and people to connect to. As attendees develop their PLE they will come to understand “Who can teach?” and open the walls to their classroom to endless possibilities.

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