Team Teach the Readings
Rick & Sara
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- technology = distraction (examples?)
- active use v. reactive use (what does this look like for you?)
- shifting our minds to search for information OUTSIDE the mind, rather than INSIDE the mind (examples?)
Implications for Education?
Affordances
- More answers and FASTER!
- Outsourcing allows for deep analysis
- YOU can choose ACTIVE; You determine when you think and for how long.
Constraints
- Poor ability to concentrate over extended time
- Less long-term memory storage
- "Outside sources" used to mean other people = conversation & persuasion
Bottom Line: Mentality = Technology
Technology and the internet have become extensions of our minds.
Turn and Discuss...
How does the learning process change with the shift to outsourcing the mind?
Travel the Room...
With this shift of mindset, in what ways are we still practicing the foundational skills of learning (building from prior knowledge, looking for patterns, and focusing on the process)?