Thursday, October 05, 2006

Teen learner as teacher

The Thinking Stick � The official release of Teentek.com Jeff teaches in Shangai - or does he? - that is, his students are teaching and he's learning, and we are all impressed! Middle school kids building a drupal site, creating a brand and a presence, uisng tools to create, share, mix, and planning a marketing plan to generate enough dollars for pizza money! Teentek - which brings us to a dileema for educators and parents - first, we have to allow experiementation, creativity, and we need to give credit where credit is due. Forget assessing content knowledge, let's assess based on creativity, initiative, teamwork (virtual and physical), and building connectivity!

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