LISD TECH Center Principal’s Blog

A personal message from Principal Ryan Rowe ~

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The process of teaching and learning has and will continue to be examined for centuries.  It is now, however, that the world has truly become one global society.  Educational institutions, business and industry, and most importantly society are questioning the role that we as educators will have in producing students that can contribute to living as a global citizen.  The United States is in desperate need for those that can think differently.  Innovation has always been an American strength.  We must again rely on our most valuable asset, our youth, to move us from production to innovation, from careless to contextual.  We must train our teachers to instruct in a way that promotes the very talents that students are begging to use.  By questioning, designing, working with others, communicating with cultures across the globe, examining theories, and applying knowledge learned to project-based activities, students will have the opportunity to contribute and our country will have the opportunity to compete in this global society in which we live.  This monumental shift must begin in an educational setting with the tools to make this transition a success.  Career and technical education’s role in the era of globalization is to lead this initiative of discovery by design with delivery.  The goal is to teach in a way that allows students to think, create, and discover so that each individual will have the opportunity to prosper in this global society in which we live.