I had to wrap my head around our text saying the nouns of learning change but the verbs of learning stay the same. In my pea brain, verbs are action thus movement, thus change. Nouns being 'person/place/things', well...they should stay the same. Once I got it into perspective, I understood: the verbs of learning are what encompasses the act of learning...what we want students to retain, how to get to that point, how to present the info, how to reach retention goals, etc are constants. These 'goals' are the basis of the education profession and experience. I had to get it through my muddy brain that the nouns of learning are the vehicles we use to get there. Those vehicles change, 'paths' change, the venues change, the technology evolves, hardware/software evolves, new gadgets are introduced, old gadgets are enhanced/improved or made obsolete; new nouns are being introduced to the learning experience. I am understanding why have a working knowledge of 'what's out there' and available behooves me and allows me to provide the best possible experience for my students. I don't need to be the expert, just the guide ...and all the while learning as much from them on the technology whenever possible. I'm not above letting my students know that they are teaching me too! Just today, in our post clinic huddle, we talked about everyone one of us in that room being both learners and teachers. Every 2 weeks, we have a new group dental assistant students rotating through our clinic. Traditionally, these students were the responsibility of a non-dental hygiene instructor but at the staff meeting last night, I was told that they were now under my direct supervision and were my responsibility. As I assigned each of them to a DH student, I wanted to make sure they understood that my DH students would be learning from them as well as them learning from the DH student. I ouit worked well and both 'sides' realized the symbiotic nature of our relationship!