[WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

[Jim Tittsler]

Walter Bender's OLPC roundup this week mentions an interesting article
in The Atlantic about the future role of K-12 teachers in the face of
readily available and accessible resources:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/the-deconstruction-of-the-k-12-teacher/388631/

I think I side more with Walter's skepticism, but am equally excited
with the quality of some of the resources available. (The license
terms of some of them are still quite off-putting, but impressive work
nonetheless.)
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[Jan Visser]

Thanks Jim.

Interesting article.

As the proof is always in the pudding, in whatever comparison we wish to make a fundamental question would be: Are the human qualities expressed by individual (lifelong) learners (not merely their performance on tests and the like) better or not than under the old system. That requires in the first place some kind of consensus about the desired human qualities. In my world these are expressed not in the first place in terms of skills, but, more importantly, in terms of habits of mind, ways of being, values, and attitudes. It's an interesting challenge to figure out how the building of such qualities can best be achieved in the world we are creating thanks to technological innovation. Technological innovation should not be the driver. Concern with human quality should.

Where can I read more about "Walter's skepticism"?

Jan


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Walter Bender's OLPC roundup this week mentions an interesting article in The Atlantic about the future role of K-12 teachers in the face of readily available and accessible resources:
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/the-deconstruction-of-the-k-12-teacher/388631/

I think I side more with Walter's skepticism, but am equally excited with the quality of some of the resources available. (The license terms of some of them are still quite off-putting, but impressive work
nonetheless.)

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[Jim Tittsler]

Post by Jan Visser
Where can I read more about "Walter's skepticism"?

This week's Sugar Digest:
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2015-April/017379.html
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[jim kelly]

Interesting in the 1950’s we in the United States had films and filmstrips!
In the 1980’s the personal computer revolution was going to replace the
teacher! And now again we have technology knocking at the door! While I
totally agree with Jan Visser’s observations, I believe maybe Michael
Godsey’s statements are incorrectly focused. What I see on the Internet is
not a challenge to teachers but rather to the established textbook industry.
Just a thought! Thanks Jim for including the article.

Jim Kelly
www.k-12math.info

(A 5 star Merlot educational resource)
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[kirby urner]

I was at an EduSummit with Bender in Santa Clara not long ago.

We're still gaga for turtles although at O'Reilly I've phased in the
Tractor as the new turtle, just for some variety in what we call
the avatar. Sounds more grown-up and lets me take advantage
of social realism as a marketing tool.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbyurner/9026566473/in/album-72157625646071793/
(no tractors here, but you get the idea)

Speaking of which, positive mention of Wikieducator in the Python News
post I just published:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/2015-May/011242.html

Kirby

Post by Jim Tittsler
Walter Bender's OLPC roundup this week mentions an interesting article
in The Atlantic about the future role of K-12 teachers in the face of
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/03/the-deconstruction-of-the-k-12-teacher/388631/
I think I side more with Walter's skepticism, but am equally excited
with the quality of some of the resources available. (The license
terms of some of them are still quite off-putting, but impressive work
nonetheless.)
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