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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Texting, Tweeting, and Literacy

Remember when you could program the family VCR, but your parents could not? Children have always been forward-thinking when it comes to technology; perhaps it's their innate imagination and creativity that enable them to envision a future differently from adults operate, or their ability to question patterns, or the high neuroplasticity of their brains.

Since our children are aware of - and in many cases using - the newest technology as it emerges, and because we are thinking about both their present and future lives, I want to share a great video making the rounds these days about the impact that technology is having on literacy, featuring professor David Crystal. His ideas make total sense, and yet are challenging to many assumptions we have about the impact of technology on written literacy.


For a fuller summery on the video, check out George Couros' post on edsocialmedia.com
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