Warlick Chapter 1

After reading Warlick’s imagined scenario for 2015, I realized that his guesses for what collaboration and education will look like seemed entirely plausible. Perhaps it is because he is only projecting a few years out, but his “tablet” concept sounds like something both students and teachers will be using (and soon) as a way to improve efficiency and cut down on paper use. A big focus of Warlick’s scenario is collaboration between teachers and librarians and students themselves. During the ICC leadership training sessions, we have watched Edutopia videos that show students engaged in Quadrant 4 learning. Though students have clearly defined roles and responsbilities, so much of it centers around collaboration and teamwork. I think Warlick’s vision of work tables and open space in the library will be necessary to support these changes in educational pedagogy.

I appreciated Warlick’s mention of making sure one of the hypothetical student groups had “storyboarded” their idea. It seems as though Warlick is saying that although technological tools will enhance the way we teach, teachers and librarians will not only focus on end product, but as now, value process and deliberate thinking as well.