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> Yet Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure. Oops. > Then
by jfrunyon 6y ago
> Yet Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure.
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> Then there are those pushing computers into schools. We're told that multimedia will make schoolwork easy and fun. Students will happily learn from animated characters while taught by expertly tailored software.Who needs teachers when you've got computer-aided education? Bah. These expensive toys are difficult to use in classrooms and require extensive teacher training.
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- tuukkah 6y ago>> These expensive toys are difficult to use in classrooms and require extensive teacher training. > Also oops. As far as I know, the use of computers in the classroom is still an unsolved problem let alone all teachers knowing how to do it. >> Students will happily learn from animated characters while taught by expertly tailored software. And thus there is no problem in closing schools for months because of COVID-19? Watching recorded lectures and filling in multiple-choice forms does not cut it.
- indymike 6y agoThere is a hockey substitution going on in education (in the Us) this year where many teachers are leaving. The change is being driven by two factors: fear of getting coronavirus and discomfort with teaching via internet. My wife changed jobs and got a raise as a result.