The Big 10 shifts in education would have been surprising to me before starting this class but after working on the various projects, using blogs and wikis and reading the texts, the shifts make sense. I think that shift #5 and shift #6 are the least surprising to me (Richardson, 2010).
Shift #5 is that it is becoming more important to know where to find an answer than the actual answer. Searching websites and blogs takes some practice to really know how to find the information that you are looking for. If the right combination of search words is not used, the search site will find plenty of matches but you could also waste a lot of time looking through websites and blogs that do not have what you are looking for (Richardson, 2010).
Shift #6 is that readers have to be critical of what they find on the web. Information on the web could have been posted by anyone. So the information may not be correct and the user has to verify it (Richardson, 2010).
Since I will be teaching High School math, I think that one of the harder shifts to implement would be #9, that mastery is no longer measured by a test. I do not think that math tests are going away anytime soon. Students are still going to have to take standardized tests in math so they will need to learn math skills and how to solve specific types of problems. Projects linked to real world applications would help solidify concepts but I think that the 'mastery' measure will still be a math test for some time to come.
I think that Big Shift#2 is already happening and would be almost impossible to stop. Shift #2 is many teachers and 24/7 learning. I see this in that there are many "homework" or "problem help" websites. Students can enter their problem any time any place and have someone working on a solution and explanation for them. They can even search previous questions to see if any of the responses would help them. So students can find help anytime from anywhere by using the internet. One example of a math help website is Math Guide at this link: MathGuide. The teacher is not the only resource for the student any longer.
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