tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post5053130402766259357..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: CSUN 2008/Flexibility - the first technologyirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-45769436490915599542008-03-15T00:17:00.000-04:002008-03-15T00:17:00.000-04:00I hope it was "40 things to do while bored in clas...I hope it was "40 things to do while bored in class" (a school can't let that kind of site through, can it?) and not MIT Courseware - but then I've seen US school districts block many, many things - including almost all free accessibility sites and downloads. <BR/><BR/>But yes, the industrial model is so wrong, and so pervasive, that it is hard to imagine real change happening.<BR/><BR/>But we keep trying, and hoping.<BR/><BR/>(by the way... if the "bored" site was the one blocked - it is the site of that most dangerous of all places - a public library in Taylor, Ohio. The other links? - in order - The New York Times, MIT, Amazon, Amazon, Bookshare.org, Gutenberg.org, audiobooks.com, Freedom Scientific's Learning Systems Group, Wikipedia, Google's Blogger, and lulu.com - an internet-based book publisher. Which would be most dangerous to an American school? It is hard to say)irasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-35998914636519605602008-03-14T23:57:00.000-04:002008-03-14T23:57:00.000-04:00This is my first time blogging. We'll see if I ca...This is my first time blogging. We'll see if I can get this post to go through, as my first trial did not.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I agree with your posting. We DO try to make our students into ourselves, just as we tend to raise our children the way we were raised.<BR/><BR/>I believe every child is entitled to an education that is appropriate for them, but it hard to provide it within our current educational system. And my time and energy is used up just keeping the status quo. I keep thinking that when my own kids are grown and gone, maybe I can become the teacher I could be. But by then, retirement will probably be just around the corner.<BR/><BR/>Off the topic comment: I tried one of the links on your post and was blocked by my district's server. It said it contained inappropriate content.holstromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431531554388970272noreply@blogger.com