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title: 494 – Rethinking the Roles of Teachers
description: "This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie are joined by Rachel Feld to discuss an interesting article from the Horizon report entitled “Rethinking the Roles of Teachers.” Has the rapid advancement of educational technology changed the role of our teachers? The discussion: A brand new classroom experience – Martin and Sallie are joined by teacher […]"
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# [494 – Rethinking the Roles of Teachers](https://welstech.wels.org/2017/04/25/494-rethinking-the-roles-of-teachers)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Apr 25, 2017 8:20:28 PM

This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie are joined by Rachel Feld to discuss an interesting article from the Horizon report entitled “Rethinking the Roles of Teachers.” Has the rapid advancement of educational technology changed the role of our teachers?

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_494.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_494.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_494.mp3) (Duration: 43:00 — 39.4MB)

### The discussion:

<https://welstech.wels.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/494.jpg>A brand new classroom experience – Martin and Sallie are joined by teacher Rachel Feld from [Bethany](http://www.bethanykenosha.org/default/140002050) in Kenosha, WI (and soon to be MLC Professor!!) to discuss pages 24 & 25 of [the New Media Consortium K-12 Horizon Report 2016](https://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/nmc-and-cosn-release-the-horizon-report-2016-k-12-edition-toolkit/) regarding teacher’s transformational role as educational technology becomes more prominent in the classroom.

- [How to Manage a Digital Classroom](http://www.teachmag.com/archives/3574)

### Countdown to episode 500:

Revisit [year 4 (2011)](https://welstech.wels.net/2011/) of WELSTech (episodes 165 to 216)!

### News in tech:

[Flying car debut](http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/24/technology/larry-page-flying-car/index.html)

### WELS now:

[Digital display images from WELS](https://wels.net/news-media/images/)

### Picks of the week:

- Technology Rocks Seriously
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### Ministry resources:

[WELSTech Google Group](https://welstech.wels.net/2017/04/25/welstech-google-group/)

### Featured video:

New from Lakeside Lutheran School on the WELS Schools YouTube playlist, Teacher Todd Hackbarth shared [The Truth Told By Youth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUYuQfo7X_g), featuring Lakeside Federation students from grades 1 & 2.

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 495 – Tune in for tips on family tech support. Release date: Wednesday, May 3.

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