Beyond Technology

In the article Beyond Technology, we learn that technology is changing the way of life as we now know it. No longer will most people being doing manual labor. Instead our finger will be earning us the cash, just by sitting @ home on our computers. "For example, a few years ago there were 10,000 people working for IBM in the Chicago office, a fifty story black tower. There used to be a clear sense of schedules, reporting lines, and physical space. Today, there are only 3,500 people based from Chicago. And, 80% of them work out of their homes." This is unbelievable how we can earn cash just by sitting at home. Now those who want to stay at home and help raise their children can do so and still hold a place in the working world. Another example of this would be the family a took care of for three years. Their dad was a medical sales man and mom worked outside the home. While Dad did a bit of traveling, he was mostly working from home and therefore at times i felt awkward because he was there and really there as no need for me to be to.
School seems to be going in a completely different direction as well in that we are getting more tech savy and it looks to me that some day there will be no classrooms.
Students as Learning Associates: Reengineering the Job Description of Students
Students help prepare their own lessons and the only tough thing i see about this happening is the balance between teacher and parents help for the student. They'll have to have a very cooperative relationship.
Students as Knowledge Producers
Kids ideas will be posted nationally for everyone to see and therefore they have to be on their A game.
Connect Students to Community
They want kids as young as kindergarten to start faxing other students across the world / state / country.
Collegiality

• most frequently asked questions from parents
• goals for every course,
• examples of past student's work,
• recommended homework assignments for the entire year,
• hot button connections to other sites on the Web that support learning,
• action research projects
  

Teacher Evaluation
teachers share their wisdom with each other and help each other learn new techniques.
Equity
Every family should be able to afford a Computer weather it be lap top or desktop.
Permeability
Everyone should able to share their ideas and resources instead of none at all.