Re: [WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

2015-05-08 Thread 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.

Re: [WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

2015-05-02 Thread 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

Re: [WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

2015-04-29 Thread Jim Tittsler
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Jan Visser wrote: > Where can I read more about "Walter's skepticism"? This week's Sugar Digest: http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2015-April/017379.html -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group

RE: [WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

2015-04-29 Thread Jan Visser
Jan -Original Message- From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Tittsler Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 2:33 AM To: WikiEducator Subject: [WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment Walter Bender's OLPC roundup this wee

[WikiEducator] K-12 teachers in resource rich environment

2015-04-28 Thread 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