We can’t just buy iPads (or any device), add water, and hope that strategy will usher schools to the leading edge of 21st century education. ...most of the curriculum within schools today is distinctly tied to the 20th century. Our system of universal education was designed to meet the social and economic needs of the industrial revolution, which was defined by a world of standardization. While the industrial revolution has been added to the annals of history, our system of education has not. Uncertainty and experimentation are perceived as a waste of time within the current model because there is curriculum that needs to be covered and tests that need to be taken within a prescribed schedule. One can’t begin to have more time and space for innovating in class unless one loosens the reigns on traditional objectives and creates more flexibility and leverage within classrooms and schools. And those are just the highlights. I could quote almost the whole thing here. Good article for people to start understanding the change in mindset that needs to happen. (And happen now, please. We really dont have time to waste.)
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:01:11 +0000