So, my initial impression of this class was one
of excitement, but then the workload kicked in. And as someone who always tries
to find the easiest way of accomplishing a task, I endeavoured to do the same
here. Trying to skim read the article proved difficult and when I started to
read the article for real, I realised how interesting it was.
My main point of interest was the fact that
people want to move away from the norm, create a new style of learning. The
second was that it wasn't just staying as an interest and people were engaging
in a discussion to make this work (I say people because of all the citation
used, damn I wish I had referencing skills like this article). But when I say
this article is interesting I must attest to the fact that it is somewhat
saddening. Going digital means leaving reality. Yes, what the students would
then learn is still reality, but how far removed from the subject
matter would they be? I guess all the dystopian literature comes back to
haunt me when technology advances, and I feel a little as if Big Brother is
watching me.
Luckily the article did lay to rest some concerns I had, one being
that the teacher is removed from the equation. As the article ends it stats
that to start we need to "pull the plug" and even in the bible
it says that sometimes it takes a difficult situation to make you change
your ways, and so it is in non-biblical terms to. Education need to always
keep moving forward as Walt Disney always said.
So to sum up a long article with a measly blog, I
think it would be a positive direction to send education into. It is
progressive, albeit somewhat 1984 George Orwell-esk.
