I just took a closer look at the Khan Academy concept. Wow!! Totally amazing. The sad thing with most great ideas is that they remain just that....great ideas! Unless the people who dream them up have what it takes - mainly the tenacity - to see them through to reality! What a great job, here!
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 9:43 AM, 'Patricia Nazareth' via Saligao-Net<[email protected]> wrote: Hi Arup, Beyond a shadow of doubt....where there's a will, there's a way!! One of the most important, I would say VITAL, ingredients for success with any venture is a basic interest in wanting to make it work! Everything else follows from that. (This is why sceptics and critics probably don't achieve very much!?😊) And you are absolutely right about amazing and free (what's better than free??!😄) resources on the Net. I wish more teachers would embrace rather than be intimidated by innovation in education, which of course involves an increasing degree of technology in the classroom, addition to relatively new concepts like collaborative learning. We learn best when we learn in several different ways and learn from each other in a collaborative learning environment. This is very different from the (still widely prevalent) system of teacher-centric/centred education, where the teacher supposedly knows/should know/is required or expected to know 'everything' and is expected to 'impart that knowledge and wisdom to his/her students!!'. I think, particularly in this day and age, the most effective teachers are those who can openly admit to their students that they do not know everything, and are happy to learn from their students as much as they are delighted to share with them what they do know! Open discussion in the classroom, and students researching info on topics is now the way to go, wherever the circumstances permit, and wherever and whenever they can be created. A lot of our textbook info is outdated (except history, perhaps!😊 and Math, too) as it goes to print!! I am somewhat familiar with the Khan Academy. Can't say I know too much about it. Thanks for the link! (As you can see, education is a topic that is still very close to my heart....always was, always will be!😊) Regards, Patsy Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Arup Bhanja<[email protected]> wrote: Patsy, Agree with you on the specific tech and investment for such setups. But we can take help from more easier and freely available stuff from the net. I mentioned Khan Academy in the other thread - https://www.khanacademy.org/ - I am sure many teachers like you are aware. Thnx Arup On Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:55:51 UTC+5:30, Patricia Nazareth wrote: > Arup, in response to your request for thoughts on the topic, here are some > of mine... > It's great that Goa has made a start in this kind of innovation in education. > However, I would imagine it does require a lot of (costly) infrastructure, > in addition to staff that have been exposed to teaching in different kinds of > environments, locally, nationally and ideally, internationally, too. From a > practical standpoint, this concept may not be viable at many other places in > Goa...at least, not just yet. This is not to say that it won't be long > before it spreads to other parts of the state. I would think that for it to > catch on and spread, it does require the support of all genuinely interested > communities... parents, teachers, local entrepreneurs and anyone else who has > the education of the Goan student community truly at heart, and not those who > will support the concept to see what they can get out of it! Regardless of > where you may be in the world, you will always find those who will jump on > the bandwagon solely for their own benefit! > > > Patsy (aka Patricia) > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Arup Bhanja > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am sure there are schools in Saligao that are doing the proper job of > 'educating' rather than making people 'literate'. Just wanted to know if they > are embracing new methodologies like Self / goal oriented learning, etc. > Something that this school in Aldona has done - > http://goastreets.com/paradise-school-goa-achieves-international-cambridge-registration-within-its-first-year/ > > > > Look forward to thoughts as I am also a parent of a 9 year old. > > > > Regards, > > Arup > > > > -- > > -- > > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. 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