Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Impending Irrelevance Of School



In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History

By TAMAR LEWIN

At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

Down the road, at Cienega High School, students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes.

And throughout the district, a Beyond Textbooks initiative encourages teachers to create — and share — lessons that incorporate their own PowerPoint presentations, along with videos and research materials they find by sifting through reliable Internet sites.

Textbooks have not gone the way of the scroll yet, but many educators say that it will not be long before they are replaced by digital versions — or supplanted altogether by lessons assembled from the wealth of free courseware, educational games, videos and projects on the Web.

13 comments:

Thordaddy said...

Any system that follows through on it's first principles of nondiscrimination and tolerance PURPOSELY seeks irrelevance. That's why many non-whites adopt public autonomy as a way to egg whites on to their irrelevancy. See Craig Nulan as prime example.

CNu said...

Though I realize keeping my name out of your mouth must be about as difficult for you as keeping truck driver scrota out of your mouth...,

Exactly what does your moronic comment have to do with the subject of this post?

Thordaddy said...

Nula.

You need schoolin'.
truck drivers?
Maybe,
but me?
I am
http://vice.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c625053ef011571102610970c-400wi

Thordaddy said...

Nulan.

You need schoolin'.
truck drivers?
Maybe,
but me?
I'm
tastee

CNu said...

rotflmbao..,

whew!!!!

gladly yield the floor to the Farstian doppleganger.

your pictorial characterizations perfectly capture the totality of the Josh Farst experience....,

Denmark Vesey said...

Thordaddy.

You suck!

dx said...

all sound so cool,
gettin’ digital in school,
what betta way to ensure,
“GSWS” rule,

mind control globalization,
genius I’d say wouldn’t you?,
product o’ course xcellent,
all agree a great tool,
as long as UNESCO in command,
n’ money buys throughout da land,
beware, watch out da boogie man,
or ya just might get fooled,

Thordaddy said...

Craig,

Don't be so dense. This blog post isn't about school, but irrelevancy. The kind of irrelevancy that is pursued via nondiscrimination and tolerance. The fact that a school system goes down with such individuals is a no-brainer.

Now you know that Craig Nulan don't pay no mind to nondiscrimination and tolerance unless he be in the public sphere. There, he roots it on like an evil lil' cheerleader. Why he does it goes without saying... Radical autonomist style!!!

CNu said...

Nah Farst. I discriminate more ruthlessly than you can even imagine.

Realizing you were expendable trash, the very first time I set eyes on one of your comments, I disposed of you quick, fast, and in a hurry.

The audacity of an ignorant and unproductive peasant such as yourself pretending to pass judgement on someone like Fisher or myself - has been offensive to me since day one.

You and I have nothing whatsoever in common, and should you ever be unfortunate enough to meet me in person, I would summarily dispense with you like the tiresome piss ant peasant you've repeatedly shown yourself to be.

Big Man said...

Yeah, I was going to say that. If anybody believes in survival of the fittest and killing your enemies, it's Nulan.

Nulan ain't looking for equality with you Thor, he clearly views that as a step backwards.

I on the other hand find it amazing that you profess a Christian faith, yet view non-discrimination and tolerance as stupid pursuits.

Maybe you have a different definition of non-discrimination and tolerance than I do.

Then again, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself" seems pretty simple to me.

Neighbor said...

Big Man. Given how Thordaddy loves himself I'd rather he not love me.

Thordaddy said...

Mikey...
U just followin' duh path
Becomin' uh self-annihilator!!!
Now ya just tha perverted neighbor
That TD call "Dark Hater!!!"
Dood so twisted
Like tuh whipout his black saber...
Mikey u likey
All kinda of different flavor
See lil' man
This extreme liberalism that u so savor...
Ya need uh savior
One that ain't autonomous
This way when ya act
U won't act radically autonomous 
Punk tha perverted neighbor!!!
That b synonomous
With doin' society uh favor... 

Thordaddy said...

C Nulan
I got n idea...
We getta domain
Go magne on magne
Blog it
See who tha Kange...
If we make money
Give it tuh tha kids ya teach all tha wrong thangs...
Ya teach'm they mommys
Coulda killed'm just tha same
Same as tha gangbanger
That killed homey down on Lane
Ya teach'm 'plore they chuthrs privates
Talk 'bout it so much here
Seems like empirical evidence
Teach'm 'bout dopamine hegemony
Tell'm how much u got invested
N Craig's social service money...
Prolly plenty???
That's funny...
That theory mo' dusty
Than Craig's heels, 'bows n knuckles
They less so, but mo' musty
Teach'm 'bout diversity???
Adversity???
Atheism...  
Radical Autonomy???
Think uh 'bout Craig
N get back tuh me???