Mírně radikální návrh pro školy

Často jsem byl požádán otázku “Kdybys mohl být králem světa za jeden den, Co byste dělali?” Především, Udělala bych sám král trvale, ale, že to nejde. Tady je můj trochu radikální návrh, že by druhá věc, já bych dělal, kdybych byl král na jeden den.

Jsem součástí klubu, který vytáhne recyklace v naší škole v dopoledních hodinách. Dovolte mi, abych vám řekl,, sbíráme hodně papíru: když jsem sbírat papír možná 15 pokoje, které neměli své papír shromážděné během několika dní, Umím vyplnit celou koše. Ne malé odpadkové koše máte ve svém domě, Mám na mysli ty, stejně velký jako údržbáři používají. To je hodně.

So where was I? Ó, právo, my proposal. Before I get to that, imagine life in 1911 (read about it.) It took weeks to get anywhere, telephones were bleeding edge, people wore corsets and silk hats, and kids used textbooks, paper, and pencils in school. Je to 2011 now. You can go from New York to Beijing and back in two or three days, phones that can’t browse the internet are considered bad, people wear t-shirts and jeans, a… kids use textbooks paper, and pencils in school. Everything’s changed completely… počkat. Except one thing. Schools.

Schools are stuck in the 1960’s. They need to catch up to the times, and the way to do that is to go paperless. Here’s some easy ways they can, in order from easiest to implement to hardest to implement.

1. Instead of having students print out assignments and hand them in, just have them e-mail the assignment to the teacher. Really easy.
2. Have homework available online (as a PDF or text document, maybe.) Students can complete it on their computers and e-mail it to the teacher (see point 1.)
3. Instead of having students take notes in class, have the notes be available online. Not only does this save loads of paper, it frees up class time for discussion/reviewing homework/whatever teachers want to do.
4. Have students take tests on the computer (maybe through an online survey tool, or preferably through a dedicated test app.)
5. Put textbooks online for students to use at home and have cheap netbooks/tablets/laptops for students to access them at school. Could be expensive, but it saves a ton of paper.

The benefits of doing that? Many:

1. No paper used (environmental benefit.)
2. Students don’t have to carry as much around.
3. Huge savings on textbooks/ink/paper.

Zřeknutí se: eI have no teaching experience whatsoever so I don’t know if any of this would be practical. So that’s why my proposal should be called radical, even though it seems pretty sensible to me.

So there’s my $0.02. What do you think?