TEDxWilliamsport - Jim Gates - Why school is more important than ever
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Jim Gates began teaching in 1971 as a music teacherAmong his accomplishments are the 2007 Edublogs award for the Best Resource Sharing Blog. He has won National Gold and Bronze awards for a column he wrote for Child Guide Magazine. He was presented with the 2009 Pioneer Award by the PA Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT). And, his blog was listed by the Top Online University Review as one of the Top 50 Blogs for E-learning Tools and Tips. As an evangelist for appropriate use of educational technology Jim challenges the conventional 'wisdom' that restricts access to learning tools in our schools.
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Hopefully the tide will turn back as presentations like this reveal that the NCLB act is not improving education. This growing trend of decentralization of education is our children's best hope. Truly the school of no walls that we all talked about years ago pre NCLB, but never quite accomplished. Technology is a tool for student driven learning, student centered collaborative learning, which NCLB outright squashes. Kudos to Mr. Gates for a inspiring presentation.
cathycraft 1 month ago
Powerful video ...unfortunately YouTube is blocked by our school district.
nilee1z 2 months ago
inspiring, thought-provoking......immediately will share with the teachers in my school..
tunderkoffler 2 months ago