Comments on: Toward a better education http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/02/17/toward-a-better-education/ is exploring data and open participation on the web. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/02/17/toward-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Daniel Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:18:50 +0000 http://andrewspittle.net/?p=570#comment-87 The technology is inaccessible at this point in time, but access is going to increase greatly over the next 4 years. I still had dial up my senior year of high school and would have to download the podcasts I wanted to listen to at school because of bandwidth. The change is coming and, if technology is a limitation now, I don't expect it to be shortly. The technology is inaccessible at this point in time, but access is going to increase greatly over the next 4 years. I still had dial up my senior year of high school and would have to download the podcasts I wanted to listen to at school because of bandwidth. The change is coming and, if technology is a limitation now, I don’t expect it to be shortly.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/02/17/toward-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Andrew Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:12:37 +0000 http://andrewspittle.net/?p=570#comment-82 I agree Daniel, cost is a huge factor, but the technology that would be required to make peripheral education truly great is also inaccessible to much of the population. I'm from a small, rural, and poor area of California where most kids don't have laptops, blogs, or have probably even heard of Twitter. I see the inapproachability of technology as just as important an obstacle as cost. At least with traditional schools there's financial aid. I agree Daniel, cost is a huge factor, but the technology that would be required to make peripheral education truly great is also inaccessible to much of the population. I’m from a small, rural, and poor area of California where most kids don’t have laptops, blogs, or have probably even heard of Twitter.

I see the inapproachability of technology as just as important an obstacle as cost. At least with traditional schools there’s financial aid.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.andrewspittle.net/2009/02/17/toward-a-better-education/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Daniel Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:34:18 +0000 http://andrewspittle.net/?p=570#comment-79 I've been meaning to respond to this for a while on my own blog, but the short of my response is this: cost matters. There certainly are "opportunities for real collaboration between teachers and students even in traditional systems", but the cost of that interaction is only approachable by the top tier of society. I’ve been meaning to respond to this for a while on my own blog, but the short of my response is this: cost matters. There certainly are “opportunities for real collaboration between teachers and students even in traditional systems”, but the cost of that interaction is only approachable by the top tier of society.

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