Chapter 3 was a little overwhelming for me. November is really telling us that we will need to change our roles as teachers and let others step in to help teach as well as letting students begin to start guiding their own learning. I find this thought exciting and scary at the same time.
Letting others have access to our classroom to enhance and collaborate is not new, but the how it might be done in the future will be.
I like the video project idea, it might be something we can do in science or in social studies using "local experts" to link us with the community.
Problem solving on a big scale would be a benefit to using collaboration, but again I find it a little scary as it will take us out of our regular roles and change how we approach education. Are we ready for this? Some will be, the challenge will be to move ourselves out of our comfort zone and into a new one.
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Change can be difficult, but is usually very worth wild especially if it benefits the students. Having students talk something over with an expert would probably be more beneficial to them then just me standing in front of the room lecturing on something that I only gained knowledge through second hand resources. That is the reason we take them on field trips. Can you imagine a skype field trip; them talking to an expert face to face without ever leaving the classroom. To me that is what the future looks like, and the best part is the future can be today.
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