Many of you may have already seen this video- but whether you are a teacher or student, it does make you pause and think about how the relationship and communication between teacher (I’ll say school/institution) and student has changed over the last five years. The insertion of social media and viral communication via the Internet has had more then a profound impact on the way students learn and communicate, it has altered the methods and strategies of teaching and the dissemination of knowledge between teacher- student. Many teachers will feel like they have been hit in the gut after watching this video- students will feel like it is a money game. Either way bridging the gap in order to ensure knowledge is being transferred effectively and efficiently is one of the biggest challenges facing schools in the coming years. Gen X, Gen Y see things differently then many of the teachers in classrooms today- I say it starts with them as leaders.
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