Comments on: Should education be powered by Technology or Humanism?

By: remove Internet Defender

remove Internet Defender — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:54:00 +0000

Education should be powered by both Technology and Humanism.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:27:00 +0000

I think the cost of text books would be greatly reduced if they did not have to be reprinted every year. It would also save a lot of trees. It would help students since they could carry one light weight ebook reader instead of having to haul all those heavy text books. I think the tablet could be sold for $99 if it came with an ebook subscription
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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:42:00 +0000

I would definitely trust my child with this. Too many schools have a closed type of educational system which doesn’t really allow for creativity, and that’s something truly important even in the tech field.
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By: IT Network Support

IT Network Support — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:49:34 +0000

well to some extent, yes having the kids learn about technology is a great thing. but the teacher should know the limits of what to teach. and tell them not to abuse it

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:22 +0000

ClydeD — every one of your blogs hits it– how inspiring!
The new patented Z*TV Canvas — will make a lot of this more streamlined and possible. But as always the canvas is only a tool for the aritst/ creator. Metatroy

By: clydeD

clydeD — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:01:25 +0000

The article above was inspired by a very spirited discussion on the business Network, LinkeiN. the forum is Technology in Education: http://bit.ly/9cXQci

Some additional thoughts by myself that are in response to the debate there, on just how much is technology really needed or to what extent should we prioritize it-

Holding on to nostalgic visions is a good thing. It is what keeps a whole generation going...

take me for instance...

- I detest what the new generation have done to 80's song hits with bad remixes.
- I even abhor the downgraded sound of a 128kbps mp3 over the warmth of a vinyl

but then again...

- I like that I can pack 50 books into an e-reader and go off on a picnic or not get frustrated when an airplane departure is delayed.

- I sample my music at 320kbps and can pack 1000 songs on my mp3 player (no not ipod, I use Creative's mp3 player)

The above shows that everything is evolving, we either "better" the evolution and "show" the new gen how it's done.. or we become dinosaurs.

What we Can't afford to do is be picky and selective about how much *we* want to absorb about technology and evolution... and expect that to be the benchmark and the pace that technology should flow.

Example: using a Flip camera to upload a video to a webpage is great. But if that is my limit, I cannot expect to tell a younger teenager who has a 5 megapixel Nokia cameraphone, and who is using www.Qik.com and streaming an event *Live* .. that what he is doing is technology overkill.

I have to make the effort to "learn" what he knows.. or I stand the chance of being fossilized in a few years.

This is probably the first time in the history of mankind that Teachers have to go back to school for a reason other than to teach.

It's nice to say to kids that learning is a life long process... but hard to apply in practice.

I would hate it, to enter a class and have kids mutter under their breath "Oh here comes Mr. Dinosaur with the paper and pen"

yes... my hand hurts when I write a bank cheque with a pen, and my hand-writings gone horrid.. but that's just evolution.
I could either work on making a digital pen to go with an iPad "slate" .. and save the art and beauty of the written word....
or bemoan the good 'ole days.