tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-52017195355913637232008-04-23T01:49:00.000-07:002008-04-23T01:49:00.000-07:002008-04-23T01:49:00.000-07:00Hi Steve, et al,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to John Seely Brown's talk at MIT.<BR/><BR/>I agree wholeheartedly despite the pessimism of several of your other commenters.<BR/><BR/>As a biologist grounded in natural selection, I take it on principle that any population that does not evolve becomes extinct. <BR/><BR/>This principle extends to the population of teachers in school systems. We are in a global competition. Having viewed the panel discussion at MIT, I have a sense that India has the leadership and the will to make Web 2.0 a dynamic part of their educational system.<BR/><BR/>Based on this premise, if a school does not embrace new competitive learning strategies, it can be predicted that their students will be at a marked disadvantage in the global marketplace. Teachers who stick to chalk and talk are not only doing their students a disservice but they themselves will become more and more easily replaceable by scalable instructional delivery systems. <BR/><BR/>The author of Wikinomics makes a convincing case that Boeing succeeded where Airbus failed due to the power of the collective.<BR/><BR/>If the local reality of many tech teachers in the US is typical of your naysayers, then those school systems will simply be left behind the global competition with disastrous consequences for our nation.<BR/><BR/>The IBM selectric was the typewriter of choice during my school days. Where is it now? School 1.0 may be replaced sooner than we think.<BR/><BR/>So let's get busy building.Gregory Louiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10806981543319352453noreply@blogger.com