Internet Traffic Map

 "I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is the process of establishing oneself as a node in a broad network of distributed creativity." Joi Ito

I really like this quote that I read on Will Richardson's blog from Joi Ito in the New York Times, as it echos some of the thoughts I have been processing about learning and the role of the TL lately. The image below,"Internet Traffic Map", is a beautiful illustration of learning on the Web; non-linear, interconnected, communal, expansive, creative.

Internet Traffic Map

Will Richardson challenges educators to ask the following essential questions "...in light of the changes that the Web is bringing to our learning lives":

• What do we mean by learning?
• What does it mean to be educated?
• What is our value in a world filled with content and teachers?
• How do we best help students become patient, self-sufficient, sensitive, intelligent learners?

Some great thoughts to continue pondering on this journey...

Works Cited:

Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Internet Traffic Map. (2007). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from: http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp