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> At best a computer is going to be like a book v2 Yes, I agree, but I think you underestimate just how much power v2 can bring to books. Computers make inter
by indigochill 4y ago
> At best a computer is going to be like a book v2
Yes, I agree, but I think you underestimate just how much power v2 can bring to books.
Computers make interactive media relatively easy to create. Interactivity provides a literal new dimension to the information you can convey that makes some things easier and faster to understand than if you were to read them from a book. As a student, you can be handed a live simulation and experiment with it to "grow" an intuition for the subject matter. Nicky Case's explainers are a prime example of this in action.
- eldaisfish 4y agoit would appear that you've forgotten the key power of a human in education - adaptability. A teacher is able to see where a student is making a mistake, why that mistake is happening and what else might be going wrong. A computer is a supplement to that. It will never be a replacement.
- emteycz 4y agoWhere have you seen a teacher adapt to a student? I have seen them screaming when kids don't do what the teacher expects (but doesn't properly explain). A computer would never do that.
- eldaisfish 4y agowhy are you assuming that all teachers are terrible? In over 15 years of receiving an education, i met several great teachers and a few excellent ones.
- emteycz 4y agoBecause I've never seen a good one, and even if they exist, there's no guarantee that a particular child will have a good teacher. Half of them are below average, and we both know how incredibly bad is the average.