"Our efforts should not be to integrate technology into the classroom, but to define and facilitate a new platform on which the classroom operates."
Our efforts should not be to integrate technology into the classroom, but to
define and facilitate a new platform on which the classroom operates. When
the platform is confined by classroom walls, and learning experiences spring
from static textbooks and labored-over white boards, and the learning is highly
prescribed, then pedagogy is required.
Do we want students who are becoming integrated participants in an increasingly
networked, rapidly changing, and intensely exciting world, or do we just want
USDA-certified commodities to serve the machine?
Unlike WiFi, you don't have to find a hotspot. Amazon pays for Kindle's wireless connectivity so you will never see a monthly wireless bill for shopping the Kindle Store.
I expected to be able to download ebooks from my local library (for free) and read them on my Kindle.
Great point! If I am going to put out this kind of money for a gadget that is seemingly only used to read books, then I want to be able to use it in a less proprietary manner . . .
Add your thoughts on the Kindle on this page - remember though, this is the sell point for this gadget . . .
now, head here:
http://scobleizer.com/2007/11/25/dear-jeff-bezos-one-week-kindle-review/
For things like textbooks and other books where I want a "real" copy of the book,