[520] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Only somewhat unkind remarks about K-12....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alison@osc.edu)
Fri Apr 5 03:47:43 1991
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 91 11:44:36 -0500
From: alison@osc.edu
To: bukys@cs.rochester.edu, com-priv@psi.com
If networking is sold to K-12 (as it usually is, I admit) in a vacuum,
then I would agree with your remarks. However, distance learning is
an issue in much of the U.S. where rural schools districts have problems
different from but not much less severe in many ways then inner-city
schools, and if networking is part of an overall approach to improving
education it could make a real contribution. However, this assumes
the networks are an integral part of revised curricula and a new approach
to education, not just something that one throws into the school and
waits for a miracle. Given how busy teachers are, and how little
research there is on what really IS effective in education as opposed
to just being flashy, there are certainly days when I do wonder if
pushing K-12 networking is the right thing to do. On other days, I am
filled with hope that education can be more effective, and that networking
can help make it so.
