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Ubiquitous access to information is shifting classroom priorities, meeting commenter says
Summary
A meeting commenter described how students’ ready access to information via phones changes classroom needs from finding facts to designing purposeful projects and urged teachers to harness that change.
A meeting commenter said students’ ready access to information through smartphones and other devices has changed what classrooms must teach: not how to find facts but how to make information meaningful.
The commenter recounted a conversation from “15 years ago” with a child who, when asked why cars have a handle above the door, told the parent to “just ask the woman on your phone,” illustrating how younger generations treat answers as instantly available.…
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