thoughts on and introductions to the females in Greek myths

The future is unpredictable

Carla over at The English Teacher’s Blog posted an entry about some dude’s presentation that I thought might be pretty interesting to the people who are interested in how Greek myths stay relevant to public education. The three main points of his presentation, she reports, are:

  1. The future is unpredictable.
  2. Students are networked.
  3. The new information landscape is flat, less authority (teacher)-driven.

She goes on to discuss how some students are more networked than others, but in the sub/urban schools I’ve worked in, they managed to stay networked even without a computer at home.

I’m perverse, so let’s cover these points backwards, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Contemporary Relevance, Kids, Bloglinks July 3rd, 2008 by Ailia | 1 comment