October 2, 2004 – 11:43 am
Another collection of items that have caught my interest lately. TOP OF THE LIST: CM Professionals: This is a brand-new organization for people involved in all aspects of the content management industry. I just joined because it sounds really cool and several top-notch colleagues of mine are already members. I’ll report later on how I like the group. (Read the rest of tis week’s list…)
October 1, 2004 – 2:49 pm
I love e-learning (whether on the internet, or on a standalone computer or independent network), mainly because I believe this approach holds tremendous potential for education at all levels. With that in mind, I’d like to draw your attention to an excellent and highly disturbing series recently published by Baltimore Sun writer Alec MacGillis: “Poor schools, rich targets.” In a nutshell, the message of this series is that
many US schools are increasingly using educational software as an easy and generally teacher-free way to prepare students in poor schools to pass federally mandated testing. The often unstated intent is to prevent schools from flunking new national education standards. But, as most educators and students know, “teaching to the test” rarely fosters real learning…
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