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Comment on A way to bring schooling to Juarez, Mexico by Jane Fuller

Jane Fuller — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:23:40 +0000

Siguiendo los Pasos de Jesus is the proper spelling and the website is at http://www.spjinc.org
We treasure our wonderful families in Juarez and thank you for your kindness in helping us to spread the word of how people can indeed help in a huge way – a helping hand – not a hand out.

Comment on Ignoring intertwingularity was education’s shark jump by GeekMom » Blog Archive » Geek Dad Spreads Parental Intelligence

GeekMom » Blog Archive » Geek Dad Spreads Parental Intelligence — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:31:23 +0000

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Comment on Fix the schools? “We need to help Daisy” by Hand Winch

Hand Winch — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:32:56 +0000

;,” I am really thankful to this topic because it really gives up to date information “~’

Comment on Mobile-only web use surging worldwide by leonard waks

leonard waks — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:12:35 +0000

Brilliant insights, as always.

Thanks so much.

Len

Comment on Kids smart on apps and not at school by Antoine RJ Wright

Antoine RJ Wright — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:12:44 +0000

In the case of the kids and purchasing in-game on the iPhone, where’s the accountability to the parents for having insufficient passwords – or better yet, for not using the system’s methods of restricting such activities? Where was their teaching of this kind of activity before handing over the device and game(s) to their children?

Media scaremongering is horrible (as usual); some media seems to want to inform to fear rather than to instruct towards a solution.

I don’t know if #2 is even valid for this particular discussion – the kids are already showing (by the articles you’ve linked) that appropriate environments only foster self-learning modes (whether mobile to purchase, or study to country excellence). In looking at handschooling, might it also be said that the environment of learning needs to be transformed, not just its tools?

Comment on One Web and academic token toes by Antoine RJ Wright

Antoine RJ Wright — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:53:38 +0000

Got a good laugh out of this one; a number of people that I recently sat with would say that I’m more the kid in this comic.

In some (humbling, distrubing) respects, its also a very accurate picture of the library system and the WWW.

Comment on Fix the schools? “We need to help Daisy” by Outdoor Rugs

Outdoor Rugs — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:25:40 +0000

the public schools on our district can really give some good education to young kids. they have high standards *.;

Comment on The handschooling vanguard is the individual by Judy Breck

Judy Breck — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:03:08 +0000

Len, your comparison to the church is illuminating and interesting.

I wonder if schools will reach a point where they trust kids enough not to filter the knowledge they allow students to access at school. Sadly, I have talked with many people in public schools who genuinely believe that children from the inner city are not capable of learning much. This belief is how they let themselves not worry about the fact that the system cuts these kids off from the knowledge riches more privileged students are getting by studying freely online.

Comment on The handschooling vanguard is the individual by leonard waks

leonard waks — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:38:09 +0000

Hi Judy, you are so right here, as elsewhere. Maybe the school’s cannot bear the legal burden of web use. If so, as the web comes to dominate all knowledge acquisition and use the schools will become even more irrelevant. Those who can will leave, just as, when the Church became irrelevant to spiritual needs, Luther launched his reformation and those who could left.

Interestingly today’s Church seems to be surviving its own burden of pedophilia, which by contrast makes a few peeks of porno seem mild. Could the legal burden be exaggerated? Might it be that the system simply has no way to contend with today’s flow of knowldge?

Today’s Reformation calls for a knowledge-friendly non-compulsory space
without a normative curriculum.

Len Waks

Comment on iPad makes student backpack obsolete by The iPad and Higher Education - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The iPad and Higher Education - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:54:04 +0000

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