Remember when Alvin Toffler was relevant?
You know, back in the day? Man, wasn’t Future Shock great? How about those futurists and their predictions….about the future!
Now today, in the present, which was once the future, Mr. Toffler is in Edutopia Magazine opining about education. Some fun ideas:
*Open schools 24 hours a day.
*Customized educational experiences.
*Kids arrive at different times.
*Students begin their formalized schooling at different ages.
*Nonteachers work with teachers.
*Teachers alternate working in schools and in the business world.
*Local businesses have offices in the schools.
*Increased number of charter schools.
The interview is the standard “high on thought, low on practicality” fare that you’d expect from an idea man, but still fun reading.
Now today, in the present, which was once the future, Mr. Toffler is in Edutopia Magazine opining about education. Some fun ideas:
*Open schools 24 hours a day.
*Customized educational experiences.
*Kids arrive at different times.
*Students begin their formalized schooling at different ages.
*Nonteachers work with teachers.
*Teachers alternate working in schools and in the business world.
*Local businesses have offices in the schools.
*Increased number of charter schools.
The interview is the standard “high on thought, low on practicality” fare that you’d expect from an idea man, but still fun reading.
posted by Ryan at 6:57 PM
1 Comments:
I'm amazed he's still alive. But I think he's behind the wave on this one. My 250% capacity school is already open from dawn to dusk, and 24 hours doesn't take a large stretch of the imagination.
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