Being Constructor of Knowledge

In our current world, we learn by doing...seeking, questioning, building. So how is that playing out in my classrooms? Again, since I am teaching adults...most of whom are teachers...my modeling not only impacts their professional learning, but, ultimately, the experiences they provide for their students. Yikes!

Another ISTE Student Standard focuses on students being Knowledge Constructors and I am unpacking that a bit more today. According to this standard:

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

I like the descriptor "curate." We shouldn't be quickly and randomly collecting resources that support our learning adventure, but rather, carefully and thoughtfully assembling the tools and resources that most aptly move us forward in our intellectual growth.

I am challenging my students to do this by asking them to review (skim) a variety of blogs, websites, digital publications, and social media feeds. We are seeking the sources that provide ideas and paths that intrigue us and that align with our passions.

So it's OK that we start from different places and end up at various destinations. Meaningful learning is too important to be compressed into predetermined templates. Let's be knowledge constructors today. It will be fun!