On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Caroline Meeks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Christoph Derndorfer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Zitat von John Watlington <[email protected]>: >> >>> There is no argument that a great teacher influences many >>> children in the right direction. >>> >>> But such an effort to improve teachers is completely orthogonal >>> (i.e. independent) to both Sugar and OLPC. Better teachers >>> are needed whether or not the kids get laptops. > > -1 > In this community we never say "We need better kids". We believe that all > kids can learn and we believe that with constructivist tools and > collaborative learning they have the potential to go from where they are to > anywhere and everywhere. > But we take the same people, just 10 or 20 years older and we say. "These > teachers are not good enough, we need better teachers". Why do we not > believe in the potential for constructivist tools and collaborative learning > to help the adults currently in the classrooms > become extraordinary teachers? > >> >> +1 >> >>>> Should OLPC or Sugar Labs consider developing and disseminating, this >>>> teaching style, and a curriculum for training teachers? >>> >>> "The teachers must be trained first" is a line frequently used to >>> delay deploying the laptops. >>> >>> Presenting it with Sugar or OLPC would be a disservice, IMO. >>> Sugar and OLPC have the most to offer in classrooms where >>> the teachers are horrible or missing. >> >> Where have you seen evidence of this? >> >> Thanks, >> Christoph >> >> -- >> Christoph Derndorfer >> co-editor, olpcnews >> url: www.olpcnews.com >> e-mail: [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
Well said. There is certainly the potential and opportunity for the role of the teacher to *change* in the context of 1-to-1 computing (and Sugar). We hope that everyone will be a learner and a teacher: the children, the teachers, the parents, and the community. This is a great point of leverage that we can help to unleash. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
