The Basics Have Changed – did you miss the memo?
Last night, my son Bryce was reading my daughter Brooke and me a story about sea turtles. (out of a book 
The idea of sea turtles laying and burying their eggs popped up. My inquisitive Brookey, asked me how they do this. So, I tried to explain this to her and actually showed her on the floor – not a pretty site. And then – a lightning bolt came from the heavens and hit me
Use the Web, Use the web
I quickly searched YouTube and found a video of a Sea Turtle Laying Eggs in The Galapagos. (Too bad a school will have this filtered – can’t adults be responsible anymore?)
The above description is the literacy of tomorrow – reading words, knowing how to get to video and using the web. PERIOD.
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June 28th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Chris,
You can boil most of education down to literacy, so you’ve certainly both highlighted this imperative and illustrated its pursuit.
For better or worse, technology will have a large role to play in all this – in real world magic, the genie/bottle vector only points outward.
We’ll have to discuss this further as we refine our aim.
Frank
July 4th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
What a great way to open the eyes of our children and students. I teach in Buffalo where many of my Kindergarten students don’t know the difference between a squirrel and a cow. I started looking on Unitedstreaming.com for videos to show my kids when we just can’t go ourselves. Melissa
July 5th, 2007 at 7:04 am
The trick is to figure out a way to get those kids in Buffalo access to technology. The digital divide is a real thing and only getting worse. We need to partner with businesses, colleges, etc.