tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5502561637046848313..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Chan Zuckerberg's Personalized Edu-focusPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53853071653474039802017-12-26T10:56:17.582-05:002017-12-26T10:56:17.582-05:00Are you serious? Teachers would be more than happy...Are you serious? Teachers would be more than happy to trade the relentless deluge of criticism and blame we’ve endured as a profession, for a snide joke or two. The media, know-nothing amateur reformers, celebrities, techies, politicians, and the general public have been mislabeling us as lazy, ineffective, boring, apathetic, and failures for nearly two decades. Snide jokes? Ha! Imagine if the country’s social ills and a lack of political will to address the underlying problems were blamed on code writers. NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-33087465920023703002017-12-24T06:34:08.275-05:002017-12-24T06:34:08.275-05:00Excellent analysis.Excellent analysis.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53786350744280959542017-12-23T08:02:34.271-05:002017-12-23T08:02:34.271-05:00I'm a software engineer and against what Zucke...I'm a software engineer and against what Zuckerberg is doing and the misuse of technology in schools. I assume you don't like people making snide jokes about all teachers. Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863025203632599171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-14873800866244160422017-12-21T22:09:41.916-05:002017-12-21T22:09:41.916-05:00The reason Zuckerberg thinks he can switch in soft...The reason Zuckerberg thinks he can switch in software in place of a human tutor is that he thinks education consists of facts and curriculum. In that case, it makes little difference who delivers it. Actually, though, education is a process of mental growth that constructs knowledge and tests it against the environment. In this case, it makes a huge difference to work with another human, whose mind works the same way, particularly if that human understands, either implicitly or explicitly, the workings of the human mind.pmacfarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177354694058227618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55147640579710774472017-12-20T17:25:38.390-05:002017-12-20T17:25:38.390-05:00What is the difference between a software engineer...What is the difference between a software engineer and God?<br />God doesn’t think (s)he’s a software engineer!<br />NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-59396780476338539712017-12-20T15:51:45.221-05:002017-12-20T15:51:45.221-05:00"Zuckerberg has made absolutely clear that he..."Zuckerberg has made absolutely clear that he thinks personalized learning is about computer software."<br /><br />Is that what Zuckerberg thinks, or is that what Zuckerberg's bank account thinks? Because I can guarantee you that when it comes to Zuckerberg's own daughter, Zuckerberg thinks nothing of the kind.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.com