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Nostalgic Optimism

13 Oct 20218 Oct 2021 John Schinker

I’m pretty old. I was thinking about my first job interview. It was 1993. I was asked what I thought about Microsoft Windows. I told them it wasn’t a real operating system. It was just a shell that sat on … Continue reading Nostalgic Optimism

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Attendentes Potentia Est

18 Nov 2020 John Schinker

Francis Bacon is said to have coined the phrase “knowledge is power,” though it doesn’t appear in any of his writings. Thomas Hobbes used the phrase in the mid-1600s, and Thomas Jefferson employed it on several occasions 150 years later. … Continue reading Attendentes Potentia Est

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Beliefs

19 Nov 201927 Dec 2020 John Schinker

When I was 25, I believed that the anonymity of online discussions would allow the exchange of ideas without prejudice, and raise the level of human discourse. I’d been communicating online for five or six years. The web was brand … Continue reading Beliefs

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Changing Standards

29 Sep 201727 Dec 2020 John Schinker

The media specialists were describing how the elementary schools are using technology. Because the first graders did a lot of work in Google last year, the second graders aren’t having any trouble at all with Google Classroom. They log right … Continue reading Changing Standards

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Sans Livres

21 Jul 20157 Feb 2021 John Schinker

Shortly after school ended in June, the custodial staff descended on the high school media center. They removed all of the books and bookshelves. This move had been coming for a while. Book circulation has been remarkably low for years. … Continue reading Sans Livres

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5 Reasons We Still Need School Libraries

26 May 201413 Feb 2021 John Schinker

I’ve had several conversations recently about school libraries. As schools evolve to meet the needs of next generation students, the role of the library is increasingly unclear. If the model of textbooks and teachers as the source of all knowledge … Continue reading 5 Reasons We Still Need School Libraries

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  1. John Schinker on Did I Really Write This?15 Dec 2022

    Here's what ChatGPT generated: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION? The role of technology in education is to…

  2. doowopcity on Ain’t That America?5 Jul 2022

    The last two paragraphs are the opposite of what's happening. In the last three decades, we STOPPED teaching students to…

  3. Ryan Collins (@mr_rcollins) on Unzoomed21 Feb 2022

    The world is moving to remote work, and if we are not preparing our students to be able to communicate,…

  4. Dr. Nina on What Do Grades Mean?29 Jan 2022

    Excellent article! This is so true and so very, very sad: "We have sacrificed fostering a love of learning for…

  5. cathyroderick on Freedom1 Sep 2021

    Perfectly said, as usual.

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