Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Khan Academy
I was just watching/ listening to David Gates and Salman Khan talking about the Khan academy and I have to say that videos and ideas like that worry me and I am not sure why. It's all very clever but in many ways sad. I think that while Salman advocates some good ideas I do have this image of children having less contact/interaction with peers and moving towards learning from the screen. When I think of children in class rooms I don't have the image he has...I always hear giggling.
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Spoken like a real teacher's teacher. One-to-one interaction, face-to-face. Especially important in the early years and really throughout school. However, there may be ways technology can allow teachers to be more personal and human by relieving them of rote duties. What do you think.
ReplyDeleteI think people that don't work with early years think that early years begins with K. This has come through in a lot of literature during my Master's reading. It proves to be hugely frustrating for those of use who are keenly aware that at the age of two children are able to reason, discuss, argue on a very high level. By the time they are three they can hold very lengthy and adult converstions. They astound me by almost daily with their understanding of language and debate!
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that technology can replace some of the rote/mundane aspects of the teachers day, I think it become more effective and productive the older the students become. I know when I was teaching children 7 though 10 I was more excitied about what they could do with technology than I am with these younger children as their needs and skill sets are very different.