tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post113224828270672226..comments2024-03-06T05:30:41.694-05:00Comments on Pho's Akron Pages: Voicing My On Choice Education, Pt. 1Scott Piephohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849171870929674248noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-1132284828369415502005-11-17T22:33:00.000-05:002005-11-17T22:33:00.000-05:00Do we have the political will? Can we have a will ...Do we have the political will? Can we have a will when less than half of those who've bothered to register vote? What about those not even registered?<BR/><BR/>I think it's going to take a lot to light a fire under the region's populace, but I'm not saying don't try. I just need to see more signs of life before my optimism grows.<BR/><BR/>Studies have shown the value of technology-enhanced learning - video games, computers, virtual reality etc. Can we start a pilot program in one K-6 school that offers an immersion in technology-enhanced learning? Every child receives a handheld and a lap top. Every parent a broadband connection to the home. Could we run the pilot for two school years? And see the results. If they're as good as I believe they could be, would those with hundreds of millions of dollars in their endowments be willing to make a massive investment in overhauling education in NE Ohio?<BR/><BR/>What would it cost to do a pilot for a single school. One summer of intense training for teachers. Installation of technology?<BR/><BR/>I'm not good enough to estimate these things. But I'd like to see someone try.<BR/><BR/>We must invest in our talent and that means investing in creating environments where our talent can learn. <BR/><BR/>History has shown us that the agrarian model of education doesn't work in the knowledge economy. It's time to try something different.<BR/><BR/>Let's try making the changes one school at a time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-1132264084580095462005-11-17T16:48:00.000-05:002005-11-17T16:48:00.000-05:00You are absolutely right about the complexity of "...You are absolutely right about the complexity of "fixing" education, but I want to make a pitch for not letting our thinking be confined by current law. If we conclude that certain laws are in the way, we ought to be able to muster the political will to change the law. So much of discussion around education is within the parameters of school systems as we know them. Why don't we start from the perspective of what we need to be doing to educate children to thrive in a world that is radically different from the one that gave us our current approach to education? Surely no one thinks that an honest answer to that question would give us what we have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13368104.post-1132254944090267682005-11-17T14:15:00.000-05:002005-11-17T14:15:00.000-05:00Brilliant deconstruction..in the Lego toy rather t...Brilliant deconstruction..in the Lego toy rather than Derrida sense...... great analysis..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com