Quote: "What happens to learning when we move from the stable infrastructure of the twentieth century to the fluid infrastructure of the twenty-first century..." (17).
Explanation: The times are changing, and teachers need to be able to change with those times. As the way students learn changes, the way instructors teach should change too. That is what is happening today.
Question: How do we teach math, science, English, history, and art to twenty-first century learners.
Connection: Technology is the bridge that connects the past to the present (and the future).
Aha!: This is where Common Core comes into play. Skills based learning.
Chapter 2: A Tale of Two Cultures
Quote: "...the primary difference between the teaching based approach to education and the learning based approach is that in the first case the culture emerges from the environment-and grows along with it" (37).
Explanation: This quote explains the difference (in history's case at least) between the CST era and the Common Core era.
Question: What do we as educators do to step away from the teaching-based model?
Connection: The new method of teaching is not scary. Try it… Embrace it… It’s not going anywhere.
Aha!: It’s not what I know/can do it’s what the students know/can do.
Chapter 3: Embracing Change
Quote: “What happens, then, when you are dealing with change on a weekly, daily, or even hourly basis?” (43).
Explanation: This quote is basically stating, or reminding us, that we are not the teachers we had in high school.
Question: How do we embrace the change?
Aha!: We are becoming teachers at an equally scary and exciting time. We get to grow with this new era, instead of try to learn it.