Joyce's Learning Journey: Week 3 - DCL

This week....

disruption

dɪsˈrʌpʃn/

noun

disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process.

"the scheme was planned to minimize disruption"

synonyms:

disturbance, disordering, disarrangement, disarranging, interference,upset,
upsetting, unsettling, confusion, confusing;

Reflect: Which sectors/industries have recently disrupted?
Disruption is everywhere now and has been happing for centuries but it is increasing today and will continue to.....as we do not know what the future holds ( innovation, Technology....)
(the introduction of new technologies can disrupt traditional means of getting the job done)
- car industry which disrupted the horse and equestrian transportation industry.
- 19th C textile workers lost jobs to mechanized looms
- In the 2000's film cameras..were replaced by digital cameras
(The more overdue a disruption is, and the more sudden it is... when it finally occurs, the more off-guard the incumbents is)

Read more: 20 Industries Threatened by Tech Disruption (EXPE,AMZN,LNKD,MWW,GOOG,NFLX) http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020615/20-industries-threatened-tech-disruption.asp#ixzz3s9S9uEO

Disruption in classrooms

This is the way forward...change the traditional...break down those walls...Collaborate...Why do Literacy and Numeracy in the mornings..why not embed Science with numeracy and Technology.....

why not disrupt the disrupt the status quo.....flip the classroom.........enable the learners to be the teachers......