tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936953632390504949.post6219017509313159123..comments2023-04-09T04:31:49.356-07:00Comments on TECHSUAL: More On Open EducationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16061111212136400118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936953632390504949.post-6911408641566505902011-04-29T23:36:43.485-07:002011-04-29T23:36:43.485-07:00Technology won't replace teachers, but profess...Technology won't replace teachers, but professionals will. I agree that one need to learn how to read and do basic math before they can really start to learn anything, but once those two goals are achieved there is no point in forcing children to learn things like history, advanced mathematics, or any of the other things they teach you in a structured learning environment. No one needs to be that well rounded, people are gifted in different ways and should take advantage of those goals and not let people tell them that they need to be more like others i.e. well rounded, that they need to learn history, or about Shakespeare or anything they're not interested in. Teachers don't encourage this, they encourage students to pass their subjects and nothing more because if they fail they teacher fails, no one learns anything and everyone feels like a loser. Professionals who can dedicate even an hour or a day to making internet-distributed media can contribute it to a larger pool, which in turn goes into a larger one and so on and so forth. All people need is a common place to go and find this information because as it stands now it's too dispersed. Once that's achieved there will be no reason for anyone to have to go to school and get good grades when they can just go ahead and learn everything on their own. It's how 90% of web designers and developers learned what they know.<br /><br />I'd also like to address the fact that your being an ageist, I could give you ton's of examples but I'll stick to an easy one most people already know. As a teenager Mark Zuckerberg was offer $1 Million by Microsoft to sell his MP3 software, which he turned down and then made free he then became what? A programmer amongst other things. You can hardly call a teenager a mature adult and you can't say any teacher taught him how to code Facebook. This is just one example I could give you tons more stories of people who are not 'mature adults' being highly intelligent off the top off my head. It's enough to write a book for sure. What your showing is the ignorance of those in the current education system to what children are capable of. Most people who do what they love are doing something they started and were talented at when they were young.so yes, they do know what to learn for their future, because when you love something you dedicate all the time your awake to learning it and understanding it, be it music or math it will become your future no matter what because you will either do it or die trying, unless you give up and live a depressing compromised life.Techsualhttp://twitter.com/Techsualnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936953632390504949.post-88392913604572871592011-04-28T21:00:15.597-07:002011-04-28T21:00:15.597-07:00Any technology can't replace teachers ! Everyt...Any technology can't replace teachers ! Everything can be learned through internet is true for mature adults, but it lacks real human relationship. We all had the experience of loving some subjects because of we liked the teachers.<br />The capability of self-management and being self-directed are not the normal case for general students before college, especially ... do they really know what to learn for their future ?<br />Educators are the important designers for the learning process. A life-long learning teacher is what we need in the classroom. Yes, if he blogs or publishes online, that definitely contributes to sharing and learning among teachers and students.ClassroomAidhttp://twitter.com/ClassroomAidIncnoreply@blogger.com