"Most hate school, but love learning, why is this? What's the problem here?"
Mike describes his new program and rational
"Most hate school, but love learning, why is this? What's the problem here?"
Wesch discusses his frustrations with current educational practices, and how technology is not a problem but a tool to be used to engage students in meaningful inquiry. He describes the net as an infinite cloud of information that we must guide our students through, teaching them to navigate, analyze information and answer real problems.
Interview with Mike Wesh
Authenticity: kids now are bombarded with commercial media require people/info/activities to be authentic. This means transparency in motives, goals, and respect.
teach them how to find the right information, how to interpret it, how to problem solve with that information.