Comments on: A new blog name, and a recommitment http://mikecaulfield.com/2008/10/26/a-new-blog-name-and-a-recommitment/ Mostly edtech, w/ some politics and stylistics. By Mike Caulfield Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://mikecaulfield.com/2008/10/26/a-new-blog-name-and-a-recommitment/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Mike Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:26:53 +0000 http://mikecaulfield.com/?p=180#comment-253 It's really sad you have to write grants to get that stuff. I think for the most part kindergarten has it right -- put lots of crayons and paper (and nowadays computer). Have some circle time, but let the kids spread out. Make it a facility the students are excited to have access to. In my perfect world, school would be a place where students had access to *more* resources than they did at home. It’s really sad you have to write grants to get that stuff. I think for the most part kindergarten has it right — put lots of crayons and paper (and nowadays computer). Have some circle time, but let the kids spread out. Make it a facility the students are excited to have access to.

In my perfect world, school would be a place where students had access to *more* resources than they did at home.

]]> By: Cindy Gibbs http://mikecaulfield.com/2008/10/26/a-new-blog-name-and-a-recommitment/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Cindy Gibbs Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:23:12 +0000 http://mikecaulfield.com/?p=180#comment-252 "The philosophy behind the site is simple: education is not a process of spoon-feeding students facts, but of empowering students to create." This is why I get berserk about a public school district spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new reading text series every three years, while forsaking the fact that most classrooms of 21 to 25 students have one or two computers in them, in a community where many households do not have a computer. And this is also why I'm learning to write grants, so that I can afford to have current technology in my classroom to help reach the needs of my students. “The philosophy behind the site is simple: education is not a process of spoon-feeding students facts, but of empowering students to create.” This is why I get berserk about a public school district spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new reading text series every three years, while forsaking the fact that most classrooms of 21 to 25 students have one or two computers in them, in a community where many households do not have a computer. And this is also why I’m learning to write grants, so that I can afford to have current technology in my classroom to help reach the needs of my students.

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