What Knowledge?

In this time of information abundance and overflowing, overwhelming tidal waves of possible connections, what information is important enough that we need to absolutely spend time with it and the kids in our classrooms?

The cost of accessing information has fallen to basically nothing.

Does this make the information worth nothing as well?

Kids need the skills to create, evaluate, and manage their own pipe of content, but what needs to go in the pipe? Does it have to be the same for all of the students in our classrooms? What happens when it isn't? Does that enrich our classrooms and their learning as individuals, but separate us as a society?

If the content is not meaning - full for them, does it become meaningless?

Is all content weighted the same and of the same value? Is knowledge from 500 years ago more valuable because it has stood the test of time or is it less valuable because it is old and possibly outdated?

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