[K12OSN] Making K12LTSP "school friendly"
Jim Kronebusch
jim at winonacotter.org
Wed Feb 9 03:33:17 UTC 2005
> What's wrong with books, pencil, and
> paper along with the computers? Why are you so against them?
>
> --TP
Whoa! That is the bad side of email. I sometimes lack in accurately
portraying my beliefs, it doesn't really provide a real time two way
interaction I need to get my thoughts across.
That being said I also completely agree with every thing you have stated as
well. I feel that most of the kids in the schools I have been involved in
are trained to take tests, and that is it. I have told people before that I
really don't hold degree's in much regard other than it shows perseverence
and the willingness to dedicate to something (crap, I just know that will be
taken wrong as well :-). In fact a project I worked for a few years ago was
real bad at this. And one of the classes they taught was to become a CCNA!
Teachers were actually standing behind students coughing and grunting and
stuff to indicate they would choose a different answer. We cranked about 60
CCNA certified kids out of that class per year that could at best crimp ends
on a cable....sometimes. Why, if they didn't pass we didn't get paid.
Horrible.
I myself am guilty to just coasting through school and quick cramming the
night before a test with end of the chapter tests and reading quiz notes and
such, mostly because I just didn't have a teacher that really cared and got
me involved with real life scenarios. The only classes I really excelled in
were shop type classes, the teachers I had their were real life, and
everything I did directly related to the real world, much more interesting.
I totally agree that a lot of the teaching methods in the schools I have
been in are terrible. I don't believe a teacher should be going through the
motions with something they themselves don't understand (often the case with
technology).
I have no bias towards and "tool" used to educate as long as education is
the actual outcome.
I guess a lot of what has been said in the last few emails is what really
boggles my mind about this list. I notice that a lot of the people on this
list are in fact teachers trying to go that extra mile to better their tools
in the classroom. This is awesome, I wish we had you guys in the schools I
am involved in. And it at least gives me hope that my kids who are just now
getting into school will have teachers like you, teachers who care and are
actually there to educate and improve their lives, not just to grab a
paycheck and go home (not that a paycheck is bad, I like mine, I'm not near
as hungry with it :-).
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