[riverdawg]

I’ve heard for 50 years that some (usually, the “latest and greatest”) technology could/should/would “revolutionize” the learning process. Educational TV, self-paced learning, the Internet, blah, blah, blah. There is great value in watching someone at a (black or white) board go through the process of solving a math problem, for example, and responding to questions along the way. That’s hard to replicate in a book or on the Internet.

[glorgau]

There is great value in watching someone at a (black or white) board go through the process of solving a math problem, for example, and responding to questions along the way. That’s hard to replicate in a book or on the Internet.

Actually, it's not. There are scads of conferencing applications available.

[luckystarmom]

I personally think there should be some regular school (sitting in a classroom with a teacher). I think math is one of those subjects that should be covered by a teacher.

I think science is another one that needs to be in the classroom (lab) with all sorts of hands on activities.

However, I think there are plenty of classes that don’t need to be in the classroom every day: history, reading, language arts. Even science could be limited to 2 days a week of lab time, and then a lot of work could be done on the computer.

Some kids work great in the classroom environment, and some kids don’t. I would like to see all sorts of options for education.