I love the work that Mitra is doing, but I always wonder if there are implications for the developed world as well. Can technology "deliver" better teachers to our kids than the ones they have in their physical spaces? And if so, what does that do to the traditional role of the teacher in that space? Should teachers become "grannies"? (I'm only half kidding.)
I do believe teachers already employ some sort of the "method of the granny" by admiring and praising student work (I hope they do, anyway). I'm not so sure technology "delivers" better teachers, but provides different tools and opportunities to experiment with different ways of learning. In that sense teachers still have a traditional role of organizing and directing the functionality of the classroom.
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I love the work that Mitra is doing, but I always wonder if there are implications for the developed world as well. Can technology "deliver" better teachers to our kids than the ones they have in their physical spaces? And if so, what does that do to the traditional role of the teacher in that space? Should teachers become "grannies"? (I'm only half kidding.)
Interested in your thoughts.
I do believe teachers already employ some sort of the "method of the granny" by admiring and praising student work (I hope they do, anyway). I'm not so sure technology "delivers" better teachers, but provides different tools and opportunities to experiment with different ways of learning. In that sense teachers still have a traditional role of organizing and directing the functionality of the classroom.
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