The FCC is holding a series of open webinars on broadband. On August 20th they will discuss education. I think there should be teachers in the discussion. sign up now!
http://broadband.gov/ws_education.html
Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
read this
http://educationpolicyblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/daydreaming-is-good-for-thinking-big.html
I am a big fan of daydreaming...
http://educationpolicyblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/daydreaming-is-good-for-thinking-big.html
I am a big fan of daydreaming...
Blair Levin, executive director of the Broadband National Plan, said the biggest obstacle to the work is "patterns of thought." Comments filed for the plan indicate that many still think the way they did a decade ago, he said, and companies are writing things "that could be summarized as 'Aren't we wonderful?'" from an FCC announcement on Aug 7.
Same could be said of education reform. This week I attended a meeting in SL with the Atlantis Rising teachers. brilliant group, not afraid to question the status quo. On Monday evenings they are hosting open discussions about education. BRAVO!
Interesting thing occurred though when they asked the group of about 15 educators, "What do you think teachers in SL should be doing to engage learners because the lecture delivery system has become common place in Second Life classrooms, making it no different from the boring RL classroom? There was no response. After a few moments, theoretical answers were offered, but there were no real answers.
It is a hard question, needing an answer. Where's the conversation?
We keep coming at the problem of education reform convinced that we are awesome educators and hence, we can keep doing what we have always done and things will change. enough. We need to start having the conversation with the learners. Young people are not allowed in SL, so they can't participate in these "meaningful" conversations.
Same could be said of education reform. This week I attended a meeting in SL with the Atlantis Rising teachers. brilliant group, not afraid to question the status quo. On Monday evenings they are hosting open discussions about education. BRAVO!
Interesting thing occurred though when they asked the group of about 15 educators, "What do you think teachers in SL should be doing to engage learners because the lecture delivery system has become common place in Second Life classrooms, making it no different from the boring RL classroom? There was no response. After a few moments, theoretical answers were offered, but there were no real answers.
It is a hard question, needing an answer. Where's the conversation?
We keep coming at the problem of education reform convinced that we are awesome educators and hence, we can keep doing what we have always done and things will change. enough. We need to start having the conversation with the learners. Young people are not allowed in SL, so they can't participate in these "meaningful" conversations.
