The Toronto Globe and Mail provides an in-depth perspective on the fundamental shift occurying in education, posing it as a clash of civilizations (which it is.) What’s missing through the discussion is attention on the notion of a new class of literacy that needs to develop.
Read more →In the current issue of Wired magazine, columnist Clive Thompson cites “digital guru” Howard Rheingold’s “crap detection” construct–one of Infotention’s core components– to illustrate the broader picture of how elementary and secondary education is ill-eqipped to adequately prepare kids for the demands of effective on-line research.
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