Graham Glass visited our class this week and spoke about "An Ideal Education System" and what he has termed EDU 2.0. The overall concepts surrounding this system included:
- Self paced and adaptive learning environment
- Curriculum covers a wide variety of topics
- Students can delve deeply as necessary
- System is available to everyone, rich or poor
While the concept is novel, there is nothing genuinely new. Kim noted that Graham has a strong foundation in all the technology to drive the concept, however, still needs ground his solution in learning theory.
As I think about my 3rd grade curriculum, it possessed all of the characteristics Graham outlined. It was a class of about 24 students comprised of 2nd and 3rd graders in a public school (system available to everyone). We were broken up into different learning pods each with a specific theme- math, english, current events, art and games, etc. (curriculum covers a wide variety of topics). Each day we had rotations and went to different pods to learn the subject matter on our own and turn in assignments each night for review (self-paced/deep diving).
Definitely a unique classroom environment and curriculum for its time. While there was no such thing as a computer...we did have our share of film strips, cassette players, and phonographs!
5 comments:
I like your idea of podcasting or taking pictures to reflect. Why not do it?
I agree re: web 2.0 overload. I have this continuous list of apps I want to learn more about but end up gravitating back to my relatively new facebook account to count/search for friends. And then there's the potential rejections to prepare for - the dreaded no-return invites. Hasn't happened yet but I don't like 2.0 surprises
Do you think that you learned well in the 3rd grade? I'm just curious - that wasn't my experience in grade school. I always wonder what the impact of learning situations like your results in when children become adults. Do you think that experience shaped you in good or bad ways?
TIA-gigi
Marcus! Yours is my favorite blog. You always make me laugh. I couldn't agree with you more, my head has been spinning from all this new technology for years. I have all my social websites bookmarked and go through them one by one about once a week. Its fun but at the same time its work.
Sounds like your 3rd grade classroom could have been an early prototype of the EDU classroom of the future.
I have a lot of great memories from my 3rd grade class. And I believe I learned quite a bit back in the day. I was pushed extremely hard by my parents and teachers beginning in 2nd grade. I had 'enrichment' homework in 2nd grade and was enrolled in gifted programs from 3-8 grades. It was crazy.
Ultimately I attended the academic public high school in SF. It was a very humbling experience. Suddenly I was not only in class with bright people. I was in an entire school filled with them! Yikes!
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