Two rants from DSC:
RANT #1:
When someone questions the value of investing in educational technology — especially those technologies that give a student access to the Internet — they’re often inferring that, “Other people don’t know anything of value.”
It should go without saying from here on out that if I can gain access to the Internet through a variety of educational technologies, I’ve just opened up a world of knowledge — tapping into expertise from all over the globe regarding any discipline imaginable! Whether that be at school, church, home, work, etc. — doesn’t matter…value is there…instantly.
Don’t tell me that isn’t valuable! Stop saying that we’re not getting value from investing in such educational technologies.
RANT #2:
I dropped my daughter off early at school today so that she could help feed the animals in a classroom located at the back of the school (where the teacher had authorized access to such students). Another teacher told her to go to the front of the building…ok…
Then, as I’m driving her to the front of the building, I ask her, “How are things going in getting to the bus in time?” She had 4 minutes to make the trek the other day from the end of the school, carrying a backpack that weighs in at about 25-30 pounds! She told me that she can not take her backpack to her last class in order to make the mad dash to the bus. Security precautions perhaps?
All these rules. All these “don’t do this”, “don’t do that!” “Sit down.” “Stand over there – now.” “Be quiet.”
Then we wonder why they don’t own their own learning. *&*$$% Then we wonder why they don’t love learning. Double *&*$$%