Comments on: Does Schooling Still Have Value? http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/2008/08/16/what-is-the-value-of-a-college-education/ Teaching 2.0 in a Web 2.0 world. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:18 -0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: How many people on Yahoo Answers actually have a college education? http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/2008/08/16/what-is-the-value-of-a-college-education/comment-page-1/#comment-8440 How many people on Yahoo Answers actually have a college education? Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:09:41 +0000 http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/?p=70#comment-8440 [...] What is the Value of a College Education? Sphere: Related Content Ask a Question [...] [...] What is the Value of a College Education? Sphere: Related Content Ask a Question [...]

]]> By: skipvia http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/2008/08/16/what-is-the-value-of-a-college-education/comment-page-1/#comment-8423 skipvia Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:34:38 +0000 http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/?p=70#comment-8423 Thanks for your comment, Mys. I agree that we can't always expect that our students will have access to the kinds of transformative technologies that we're talking about. Perhaps that's all the more reason that we need to model it in our classrooms. In our college of education, we've established a laptop requirement for our teacher candidates, and that has helped tremendously. Because a laptop is a program requirement, a student's financial aid can be adjusted to allow them to purchase one. In some cases, it's the first computer in a family. I'd argue that it's not fair or productive to exclude any students from the world of mobile devices and ubiquitous information sources. If we're preparing them to work and live in our society, we had better pay attention to that. In the situation in which you teach, that can be a major challenge. Good luck to you. Thanks for your comment, Mys. I agree that we can’t always expect that our students will have access to the kinds of transformative technologies that we’re talking about. Perhaps that’s all the more reason that we need to model it in our classrooms. In our college of education, we’ve established a laptop requirement for our teacher candidates, and that has helped tremendously. Because a laptop is a program requirement, a student’s financial aid can be adjusted to allow them to purchase one. In some cases, it’s the first computer in a family.

I’d argue that it’s not fair or productive to exclude any students from the world of mobile devices and ubiquitous information sources. If we’re preparing them to work and live in our society, we had better pay attention to that. In the situation in which you teach, that can be a major challenge. Good luck to you.

]]> By: Mystery Teacher http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/2008/08/16/what-is-the-value-of-a-college-education/comment-page-1/#comment-8422 Mystery Teacher Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:12:30 +0000 http://community.uaf.edu/~skipvia/blog/?p=70#comment-8422 Very interesting. I use of a lot of cooperative learning in my ELL classroom. They have to teach each other. But that is not quite the same as you are talking about. I agree that we need to update education and get technology hyperinvolved. After all, that is the future. However, I do have students who have no technology at home. In fact most of my class doesn't. I provide what I can. I really enjoyed this article. Very interesting. I use of a lot of cooperative learning in my ELL classroom. They have to teach each other. But that is not quite the same as you are talking about. I agree that we need to update education and get technology hyperinvolved. After all, that is the future. However, I do have students who have no technology at home. In fact most of my class doesn’t. I provide what I can. I really enjoyed this article.

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