On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 03:28:37PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Or, having a bullet-proof plexiglass wall between the teacher and
> 'students' could work. Bullhorns would also "broadcast" the lesson louder
> than kids could shout so that those that want to learn, could. Watercannon
> are also positioned so that the "teacher" can brake up any fights. (All
> part of the "School of the Future" devised by me and some friends.)
>
The real school of the future won't have classrooms at all, and no
"teachers" as we now know them. Instead there will be workstations with VR
helmets and a number of software "gurus" in the machine tailoring themselves to
the individual students needs and personality. The machine will never be tired
or grumpy or just having a bad day or serious personality problems like human
teachers. The software will have the same entrancing allure of good computer
games with the addition of sounds and light patterns of our present day mind
machines to adjust brain waves to optimal receptivity and retainment, and
function in the well-proven pattern of learning by feeding information, testing,
feeding more info or reviewing areas as needed, and just as fast, or as slow, as
each student requires.
There will be no inattentive students, time on the machine will be the
highlight of their week, and they'll probably be able to get more actual
learning done in 4-5 hours as they now do in a week. And we could have these
schools in place today with today's hardware -- all we need is someone to write
the software.
--
Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
http://www.cybershamanix.com
