I sure hope education improves under Obama's watch. So far I haven't been overly impressed with anything new or innovative from this man of change. Is he using his popularity to push unpopular plans? Merit pay is dicey and so ripe for abuse and scandal that it alone could derail all other plans. How would it work when so many teachers are engaged in a student's performance? Who was the teacher who actually made a difference? In my case I know a teacher in fourth grade made a difference that wasn't realized till 10th grade. Charter Schools are another anomaly. Simply, they take a public school protected by a union and unprotect it. Again a situation ripe for abuse. I have not read or heard anything that remotely resembles change or improvement. Longer school days and longer school years got him laughs, but at whose expense.
I keep saying and will till I see it happen: Technology is a key part of any school reform or as we rethink schools. Obama doesn't touch on the power of technology. Recently eSchool News provided a very enlightening article on how technology has to be a major player in the rethinking of schools and that is what we are talking about here. Rethinking schools in this time of change demands more technology. We have to stop doing things as we have. This was the message I got from Obama during his campaign. Where is the change? Where is technology in his plans? Oh I wish this technology oriented president would consider how technology would help us effectively rethinking our schools.
I know my scholars get it as they have shown in their "Linear text" essays from this assignment.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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