This afternoon, we had the opportunity to listen to Ben Rhodes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speech Writing. After a 15 minute overview on the recent events surrounding Osama Bin Laden's death, students were given the opportunity to submit questions. Our students backchanneled during the webinar, discussing the presentation as it occurred.
It was a great activity and opportunity for our students to learn about a current event with significant importance to our lives. While I listened to the webinar and watched the backchannel, I couldn't help but think about how far education has come since I was a student sitting in high school. What a difference from sitting at a desk with a textbook open just taking notes - BORING! Now students are able to interact with one another and people all over the world. The education they are getting is much richer and more experiential than even just five years ago.
Anyone who says that technology isn't important to education is out of touch with today's students. I'm so glad to have shared in this 21st century learning experience. I know that the students participating in today's webinar learned a great deal about our government, country, and military and they didn't have to leave the building to do it. These real world experiences are priceless in education.
Today was a great day!
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