Comments on: The “New” Normal http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan A. http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88784 Jordan A. Fri, 13 May 2011 02:55:59 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88784 Dear Mr. Richardson, In your post “The ‘New’ Normal” your predictions of what the future looks like are totally different then mine. I personally believe that the schooling systems won't change in that matter, but instead they will become harder. If you look in the last twenty years, what is expected from youth has become more and more. In fact, the principal at my high school pointed out that from the aspect of job qualifications have become tougher. He told me "Today, a four year bachelor's degree qualifies for the same jobs as a GED did twenty years ago." Kids today are being taught things that are not as useful as they used to be. However, your predictions are just as (If not more) likely to come true than mine. Dear Mr. Richardson,
In your post “The ‘New’ Normal” your predictions of what the future looks like are totally different then mine. I personally believe that the schooling systems won’t change in that matter, but instead they will become harder. If you look in the last twenty years, what is expected from youth has become more and more. In fact, the principal at my high school pointed out that from the aspect of job qualifications have become tougher. He told me “Today, a four year bachelor’s degree qualifies for the same jobs as a GED did twenty years ago.” Kids today are being taught things that are not as useful as they used to be. However, your predictions are just as (If not more) likely to come true than mine.

]]> By: MilesG2014 http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88782 MilesG2014 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:36:20 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88782 Dear Mr. Richardson, In your post “The ‘New’ Normal” I agree with your predictions for the future of education. I feel that the way schools are now, they are not progressing enough to keep up with the needs of the students. The form of education we have in place needs to be more flexible in meeting student’s learning needs and helping them develop as well as a new system could. As a current student I realize how the world is changing around the education system and very little is being done to catch up. The way the people in charge of education need to think is more progressively and then maybe developments can be made. Dear Mr. Richardson,
In your post “The ‘New’ Normal” I agree with your predictions for the future of education. I feel that the way schools are now, they are not progressing enough to keep up with the needs of the students. The form of education we have in place needs to be more flexible in meeting student’s learning needs and helping them develop as well as a new system could. As a current student I realize how the world is changing around the education system and very little is being done to catch up. The way the people in charge of education need to think is more progressively and then maybe developments can be made.

]]> By: The ?New? Normal | Oh How I love To Walk http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88733 The ?New? Normal | Oh How I love To Walk Sun, 08 May 2011 09:52:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88733 [...] Source: http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/ [...] [...] Source: http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/ [...]

]]> By: Victor http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88663 Victor Wed, 04 May 2011 15:52:21 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88663 In your “The “New” Normal” I completely agree because no matter how much money we spend or try to get back to the good old days we won’t get back there. First, our education is flawed because students lack work ethic. In our school, we have so many opportunities that we don’t take advantage of such as being able to redo assignments. As you said” I do believe that the emphasis will turn back to the learning process, not the knowing process”. However, knowing the material is different from learning it. If we know the material we can use it and apply it to everyday life; with just learning the material, we will just use it for that week or day and then drop it, never picking it up again. This would be creating another flaw in our education system. Next, “It takes a long time for a generation to come around to significant revolutionary change. The newspaper business, the steel business, law firms, the car business, the record business, even computers… one by one, our industries are being turned upside down, and so quickly that it requires us to change faster than we’d like.” Society can’t change quickly; this is going to take lots of time and dedication and still we may not get to where we want. The culture of the United States from the good old days to now day has changed very drastically. Teenagers today don’t always do the right thing like returning someone’s lost stuff. We would have to undo 20-30 years of growth that have gotten us to where we are. I still think change is possible it would just be really hard. In conclusion education has changed a lot the emphasis needs to stay at knowing rather than shifting to learning. In your “The “New” Normal” I completely agree because no matter how much money we spend or try to get back to the good old days we won’t get back there. First, our education is flawed because students lack work ethic. In our school, we have so many opportunities that we don’t take advantage of such as being able to redo assignments. As you said” I do believe that the emphasis will turn back to the learning process, not the knowing process”. However, knowing the material is different from learning it. If we know the material we can use it and apply it to everyday life; with just learning the material, we will just use it for that week or day and then drop it, never picking it up again. This would be creating another flaw in our education system. Next, “It takes a long time for a generation to come around to significant revolutionary change. The newspaper business, the steel business, law firms, the car business, the record business, even computers… one by one, our industries are being turned upside down, and so quickly that it requires us to change faster than we’d like.” Society can’t change quickly; this is going to take lots of time and dedication and still we may not get to where we want. The culture of the United States from the good old days to now day has changed very drastically. Teenagers today don’t always do the right thing like returning someone’s lost stuff. We would have to undo 20-30 years of growth that have gotten us to where we are. I still think change is possible it would just be really hard. In conclusion education has changed a lot the emphasis needs to stay at knowing rather than shifting to learning.

]]> By: Learning on a Cloud « LearningBuzz http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88543 Learning on a Cloud « LearningBuzz Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:56:14 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88543 [...] others think that there is no normal to return to – things are changing and that’s the new normal.  What’s evident and cannot be denied is that we are dealing with a brand new kind of [...] [...] others think that there is no normal to return to – things are changing and that’s the new normal.  What’s evident and cannot be denied is that we are dealing with a brand new kind of [...]

]]> By: Justin M 2014 http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88537 Justin M 2014 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:17:06 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88537 I read “The “New” Normal” by Will Richardson and I agree with what he is saying about how education systems in the United States needs to to change its education system to a system personalized for the student. Right now in school our education system is standardized. Political figures feel that if we just teach the student how to beat the test we will learn but I know that it will never work. Richardson says that we need to personalize education and I agree if we meet th needs of every child then our country would do much better in education, because it is not also the grade that matters. In the article Richardson talks about how our education system has nothing to build itself up from and it does not, because we are still teaching standardized like in the good old days. But how will we reform our education to fit every students needs it is a big task that has to be done? I read “The “New” Normal” by Will Richardson and I agree with what he is saying about how education systems in the United States needs to to change its education system to a system personalized for the student. Right now in school our education system is standardized. Political figures feel that if we just teach the student how to beat the test we will learn but I know that it will never work. Richardson says that we need to personalize education and I agree if we meet th needs of every child then our country would do much better in education, because it is not also the grade that matters. In the article Richardson talks about how our education system has nothing to build itself up from and it does not, because we are still teaching standardized like in the good old days. But how will we reform our education to fit every students needs it is a big task that has to be done?

]]> By: Mark Ahlness http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88524 Mark Ahlness Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:45:07 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88524 Will, read this from Charlie Mas: http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2011/04/future-education-reform-version.html Will, read this from Charlie Mas:
http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2011/04/future-education-reform-version.html

]]> By: Smart young YouTube vlogger on education’s fail | NetFamilyNews.org http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88523 Smart young YouTube vlogger on education’s fail | NetFamilyNews.org Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:37:01 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88523 [...] All of which is exactly what 21-year-old vlogger Dan Brown was talking about. [See also "The new normal" from Will [...] [...] All of which is exactly what 21-year-old vlogger Dan Brown was talking about. [See also "The new normal" from Will [...]

]]> By: Mary Ann Reilly http://weblogg-ed.com/2011/the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-88521 Mary Ann Reilly Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:27:39 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=4184#comment-88521 I think the concern you raise about students who may not be able or willing to advocate for themselves is important. It connects in many ways with a main concern of mine: How do public schools relate to democracy and what do we imagine that relationship might be like in the future? Are we clear I worry a bit about "personalization" as I am uncertain how personalization works in concert with larger democratic principles. Will personalization become the United States of Me (and those I like) or will it also include some answerability to country and other? Provocative post. Thanks. I think the concern you raise about students who may not be able or willing to advocate for themselves is important. It connects in many ways with a main concern of mine: How do public schools relate to democracy and what do we imagine that relationship might be like in the future? Are we clear

I worry a bit about “personalization” as I am uncertain how personalization works in concert with larger democratic principles. Will personalization become the United States of Me (and those I like) or will it also include some answerability to country and other?

Provocative post. Thanks.

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