Category Archives: myths

Elementary School, Watson!

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

An extract follows from This 8th Grade Exam From the 1930s Is Really Hard by Nikhil Swaminathan of Good Education. Earlier this week, Valerie Strauss over at The Washington Post‘s Answer Sheet blog posted an exam given to eighth grade … Continue reading →

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Myths of Teaching & Learning – 4

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Technology & Content: The Classical Struggle The Myth Discussed Herein Takes Many Forms: Technology is only the medium, or Tech must be primarily used for its value within a didactic context, or Tech must be used in a humanistic setting. … Continue reading →

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Myths of Teaching & Learning 3

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Myths of Teaching & Learning 3 Sitting Through Lectures A recent article on The New York Times of Nov. 5, 2010 (Live vs. Distance Learning: Measuring the Differences by Trip Gabriel), prompts me to write a new, urgent post on … Continue reading →

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Teachers: can we be replaced by machines?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A Quote by Sugata Mitra, from his talk at TED,  Feb. 2007. Whenever you go to a teacher and show them some technology the teacher’s first reaction is, you cannot replace a teacher with a machine — it’s impossible. I … Continue reading →

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Myths of Teaching and Learning -2

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Another myth of Teaching and Learning, and actually one upon which we founded many of our curricula is embedded in the quasi-logic of the following: This course teaches topic X, which is so badly needed by our new XXI century … Continue reading →

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