{"id":2811,"date":"2010-03-22T09:18:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2010-03-22T09:20:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T13:20:59","slug":"as-schools-lose-relevancy-students-take-charge-of-their-own-learning-project-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/03\/22\/as-schools-lose-relevancy-students-take-charge-of-their-own-learning-project-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"As schools lose relevancy, students take charge of their own learning &#8212; Project Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ednetnews.com\/story-4393-3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>As schools lose relevancy, students take charge of their own learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; Project Tomorrow \u2014Tuesday, March 16, 2010<br \/>\n<em>Annual survey finds students moving ahead with learning on their own; offers insights for improving American education with emerging technologies<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Washington, D.C. \u2013 In the absence of a more relevant learning process in  schools, our nation\u2019s students increasingly are taking their educational destiny  into their own hands and adapting the various tools they use in their personal  lives to meet their learning needs and prepare themselves for the future,  according to the 2009 Speak Up survey of 300,000 students nationwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The 2009 Speak Up national findings provide compelling evidence that our  nation\u2019s K\u201312 students increasingly are taking responsibility for their own  learning, defining their own education path through alternative sources and  feeling not just a right but a responsibility for creating personalized learning  experiences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cStudents are no longer waiting for policy changes within their schools, or  from Washington, D.C.,\u201d said Julie Evans, chief executive officer, Project  Tomorrow. \u201cStudents want their voices heard by those making education policies,  but we are now seeing them move beyond their attempts to share their needs with  adults. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>They are taking the technology they have grown up with and using it to  help them learn\u2014inside and outside of the classroom.\u201d <\/strong><em>(emphasis DSC; like water around a rock&#8230;<strong>which <span style=\"color: #800000;\">goes for all of us!)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2709\" href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/03\/17\/like-water-around-a-rock-in-a-stream\/stayingrelevant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2709 alignleft\" title=\"StayingRelevant\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/StayingRelevant.jpg\" alt=\"Staying Relevant\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/StayingRelevant.jpg 640w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/StayingRelevant-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As schools lose relevancy, students take charge of their own learning &#8212; 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