Sacha Chua, who’s presentations inspired me to create my own stick figure presentations, has developed a new presentation titled New Media, New Generation. In the presentation Sacha demonstrates, through drawings, how new media is used and consumed compared to old media. I’ve embedded Sacha’s slide show below.

Applications for Education
Slides 12 through 20 in the presentation create a good picture of the role of a teacher in today’s classroom. The role of teacher is changing (in some schools faster than others) from a position of standing in front of a class imparting knowledge to a position of facilitator helping students discover and create new ways of using knowledge. Another important job of today’s teachers is not so much to teach students how to use a specific Web 2.0 application, they’ll figure that out faster than many of us, but to teach students how to collaborate effectively. That said, I do think that there are still times when standing in front of the room lecturing is necessary, but those times are becoming increasingly few.
What are your thoughts? How do you view the role of a teacher in today’s classrooms?