Learning from the "Unlearning Curve"

The 3 quotations I found most influential from the "Unlearning Curve" were as follows:

- "[...]that we are the sole content experts in the classroom, because we can now connect our kids to people who know far more than we do about the material we’re teaching."

-"We need to unlearn the idea that every student needs to learn the same content when really what they need to learn is how to self-direct their own learning."

-"We need to unlearn the premise that we know more than our kids, because in many cases, they can now be our teachers as well."

in reference to the first quotation, it made me think of what we were talking about in class the other night. A lot of statements in the "Unlearning Curve" did just that. Warlick at some point in his books states how technology, and most of all the computer, is the only advantage that students have over the teachers. The knowledge of technology is something in which the younger generation dominates. This idea goes hand in hand with the third quotation. Teachers these days ARE NOT (I can justify this idea) superior in the technological sense. In this respect, many times we can find that students can become the educators in the classroom. This should not be looked at in intimidating manner but rather a postive one.