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The Learners of Today Speak OUT
From grade school to university, students are speaking out about problems they see in education today. In the video to the right the little boy asks "Do you know how to use a computer? Are you sure you're my teacher? I'm a digital native. Do computers scare you? Are you afraid to use them...are you going to be my
OK, the little boy is probably being fed the lines to make a point, but the message is clear. Kids today grow up with technology and they expect that when they enter a classroom they will have at least the level they have outside in their own world. They no longer want to sit row by row in desks listening and reading from outdated books. They want to participate in the technological world they were born into. They are different.
In the video to the left High School Valedictorian, Erica Goldson rails against memorization and standardized tests. As the Valedictorian she can't say she is more intelligent than the rest, "Only the best at doing what she was told." She complains that she became a great test taker while others created music or art. Students become so focused on the test that they only learn how to memorize. She challenges future students to "demand a setting that will provide you with intellectual capabilities that allow you to expand your mind." And to educators she has a lot to say, " For those of you that work within the system...you have the power to change the incompetencies of the system..you can not accept the authority of the governing bodies that tell you what to teach, how to teach and the threat you will be punished if you do not comply. Our potential is at stake!"
teacher or just this textbook?"
OK, the little boy is probably being fed the lines to make a point, but the message is clear. Kids today grow up with technology and they expect that when they enter a classroom they will have at least the level they have outside in their own world. They no longer want to sit row by row in desks listening and reading from outdated books. They want to participate in the technological world they were born into. They are different.
In the video to the left High School Valedictorian, Erica Goldson rails against memorization and standardized tests. As the Valedictorian she can't say she is more intelligent than the rest, "Only the best at doing what she was told." She complains that she became a great test taker while others created music or art. Students become so focused on the test that they only learn how to memorize. She challenges future students to "demand a setting that will provide you with intellectual capabilities that allow you to expand your mind." And to educators she has a lot to say, " For those of you that work within the system...you have the power to change the incompetencies of the system..you can not accept the authority of the governing bodies that tell you what to teach, how to teach and the threat you will be punished if you do not comply. Our potential is at stake!"
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