Monday, January 26, 2009

Students Today

"Today's child is bewildered when he enters the 19th century environment that still characterizes the educational establishment where information is scarce, but ordered and structured by fragmented, classified patterns, subjects, and schedules.” - Marshall McLuhan 1967



The inventor of the system deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not the greatest benefactors of mankind.” - Josiah F. Bumstead 1841 ...on the benefits of the chalkboard

3 comments:

  1. i just spent a half hour commenting on this blog and it all got wiped out

    john

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  2. Sorry that happened, I enjoy reading your comments! I have been typing things up in Google Docs and then copying and pasting in case something like that happens. Hopefully, we can discuss the thoughts in class.

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