This afternoon I sat watching my youngest son play an awesome game of football! He is the half back and almost scored the last touchdown of the season. As the game was long and went into overtime, I sat watching and listening to the conversations in the stands.
What I learned...
Parents were discussing why schools havent starting using iphones in classrooms. They discussed the signing of acceptable use policies and how it would have to be managed. They passed around phones with apps...for music etc. They discussed how schools couldnt afford to keep up with this tech and how they would support each child and purchase the needed apps etc.
I have blogged on this subject in the last few weeks and was pleasantly surprised to know parents are thinking this way as well.
So, I really think education is not a "broken" system! I think we are already reframing our organization and need to start giving our students, parents and teachers more credit than we have been giving them!
The future school I thought I would be designing already has the frame in place...we just need to extend this vision!
All students are capable of great things!
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