Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their confidence, then take their exam.
My point was more so to sign your name, read the declaration of independence or other “valuable” and historical documents. Chromebooks seemed like a good idea for education 10 years ago and now new hires at work look at me like I’m speaking Greek when I ask to click the Start button.
So many programs are moving web-based, which I can understand why from a software control standpoint to help cut support calls, but also at the same time, it’s removing critical thinking skills as its a constant reliance on others to do or fix or troubleshoot or whatever. I feel like its an attempt at oversimplification and automaton to keep people docile and just focus on their tasks.
All that isn’t bad, but when you look at people working longer hours, child labor laws being rolled back, and some combinations of others, it starts to feel very intentional and controlling.
My point was more so to sign your name, read the declaration of independence or other “valuable” and historical documents. Chromebooks seemed like a good idea for education 10 years ago and now new hires at work look at me like I’m speaking Greek when I ask to click the Start button.
So many programs are moving web-based, which I can understand why from a software control standpoint to help cut support calls, but also at the same time, it’s removing critical thinking skills as its a constant reliance on others to do or fix or troubleshoot or whatever. I feel like its an attempt at oversimplification and automaton to keep people docile and just focus on their tasks.
All that isn’t bad, but when you look at people working longer hours, child labor laws being rolled back, and some combinations of others, it starts to feel very intentional and controlling.