Education Report: Parents Want Schools to Do More to Prepare Students
I have been looking for many months to see how my sons Kindergarten class has been preparing him to use the internet let alone a computer. I have been trying to work with him at home, and I found that most of what he is learning at school is just grammar through computers. I find this to be a good start, but I was wondering how far the district will take the online learning to the next level. I remember how I learning through the University of Phoenix online, and I have to say that was one of the best online experiences I ever seen. I was trying to find something similar for my 5 year old, and I have to say that I found one of the best software yet, Blackboard.
“Putting learners at the center – so you can attract them, help them achieve and keep them – is as important as ever.
It’s also harder than ever. Why? You name it. Diverse learners. Economic uncertainty. Increased competition and accountability demands. And while there’s plenty of trial and experimentation, the results are often unclear.
Blackboard Learn™ can help by providing a foundation for engaging and assessing your learners inside and beyond a classroom.” (Excerpt from Blackboard.com)
This is the fundamental statement in today’s learning environment. Teachers need to be able to engage the students in such a way, that they will continuously want to learn. The video I put out a while back about the way students learn today, is so true, and Blackboard is finding the way to our children. I can only imagine that if we are able to take this technology to the point where we can all learn from many teachers around the world, the amount of knowledge gained can change the world.
With China progressing at an astronomical rate, and more people in China than in the USA, How do we compete? We need to give our children every advantage to progress their thinking. We can’t justify the old way of learning nor teaching. Technology is whats going to help fuel our children’s future, as long as the education system changes its thinking. We, as parents, also need to change our thinking, and help our children learn more about technology. If we start at home the schools will have no choice but advance their curriculum.
What is your take on the education system of today? Is it teaching our kids to be thinkers and innovators? Is it leaving our children behind the rest of the world? Let me know your thoughts.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Sadly Ophir, this is a catch 22 scenario. Many parents are either too lazy to parent correctly or the other half is prevented from proper parenting by the politically correct.
Some teachers are no longer allowed to even use a red pen to grade papers, etc. School’s can’t or won’t properly discipline children and many children create distractions to those who want to learn
Education has always and should alway start at home. Parents need to be directly involved by helping their children and KNOWING what is being taught in school.
I think virtually EVERY private school can educate to a higher level more cost effectively than our government controlled education monopoly.
For the most part, look at the parents to determine where the children will end up. See disinterested lazy parents, you’ll find the same traits in their children.