Everybody Loves Play Doh

A learner is like play doh.  They never stay the same.  They are constantly changing, being molded into different things.  Play doh inspires creativity and imagination, two things that are necessary in keeping your learner occupied and interested.  Under capable hands play doh can be molded into fantastic creations.  Similarly, under the proper tutelage learners can be molded into students with a lifelong love of learning.  As George Siemens wrote, "Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime."  Our job is to make sure that they are interested in learning throughout life.

Taking that into consideration, as teachers we must be lifelong learners too.  We must be willing to mix things up now and then, squish our play doh back into a ball and try something new with it, mold new lessons, incorporate new technologies and new ideas.  As depicted in George Siemens' video on the conflict of learning theories with human nature, "Its not just what we know today that is important, it is our ability to stay current as knowledge changes."  If we cannot change with knowledge, if we are not willing to re-mold our play doh, then we are not doing our job as educators.

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