tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post5257570066919291862..comments2023-11-28T08:00:55.681-05:00Comments on e-Learning Acupuncture: Mobile Technology: Bigger than the Internet and the PC combinedErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13238978983346441833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-60791910875723613222009-08-24T07:40:20.524-05:002009-08-24T07:40:20.524-05:00Fantastic commentary Frank. Thank you very much f...Fantastic commentary Frank. Thank you very much for taking the time to give us your feedback. I hope others chime in with their ideas as well.<br /><br />Take care<br /><br /> -EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238978983346441833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-85461809871681415072009-08-22T16:11:23.806-05:002009-08-22T16:11:23.806-05:00Reactions to video- Scene 1: Visit to social studi...Reactions to video- Scene 1: Visit to social studies classroom in Texas. The teacher is doing what in 1968ff we called the "New Social Studies." It's inductive. It drills down. Unfortunately the testing movement really killed widespread adaptation. She is really teaching. But it has little to do with the technology. Put technology in front of the average teacher and it will be used to replicate narrative teaching in history, or what the film maker ridicules as "who was buried in Grants tomb." <br /><br />Filmmaker's Narrative about change: Have to say it wearies me. Of course mobile will change things "more." The entire world has been on speed up since Gutenburg! TV changed our world, but did it change education? Not too much. I am frustrated to see my kids then grandkids get "a movie" for what appears to be primarily in class babysitting. Yes it may have some benefit but it isn't the "revolution" that it is hyped up to be. <br /><br />Last Scene: They can get the answer right away! Given the context, it doesn't impress me. Waiting 10 minutes more to use the index to a book, or 24 hours to go to the library... Speed does not equate to better learning. It was a bad example to promote the value of ready access.<br /><br />I think the real advances will be what they always have been ... in the quality of the media, in this case mobile apps.<br />Specifically-<br />It isn't the book, but what's in the book and how it is organized.<br />It isn't a TV/VCR, its what's on the video tape and how it is used in the classroom.<br />It isn't whether every kid has a laptop, it's whether the teacher has access to really good software that promotes the educational needs and objectives.<br />Etc into the mobile age and beyond to the next age.<br /><br />Wait until the hyped up revolution is chip implants! Think how fast it will be... how convenient! ... how cheap! Come on! The issue is what's on the chip and how it will be used.Richard Goutalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659721517743458920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-63115959894965588602009-07-29T04:49:43.287-05:002009-07-29T04:49:43.287-05:00Hi,
l agreed with with you that formal education ...Hi, <br />l agreed with with you that formal education should not necessary be held in a "confined place" called a classroom. Mobil tech should be able to break that mental set. Am An African who is interested in such project.<br />Get intouch (pnyagorme@yahoo.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com