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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Classrooms + computers + facilitators is no different than the libraries + books + librarian time as used by many schools over the last 100 years.  The librarian kept us in check, and the book provided our lessons.  The interesting part is that the technique is becoming popular again.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 18th 2011 3:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Bruce are you out of your mind? I never once paid attention in library and can't remember a thing my librarian tried to teach me save for how to avoid the administrator blocks and play The Oregon Trail for an hour each week on the computer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 21st 2011 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Smart Move!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phillip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 2:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Smart move no need to deal with unions or pay raises or pensions or just plain people.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 4:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sadly it seems that the education system has lost its mind. If people honestly believe that students in high school do not need the guidance of a teacher then we have failed our students. As teachers know it is not just about the material in the class rather the human interactions between students and teachers that truly engage unmotivated students. It has been shown before that computers often distract students and can actually lower grades when used frequently. Do we actually think that a single "facilitator" in a classroom can watch 40 students at a time and successfully keep them from being distracted? Technology has its place in the classroom as we train our future generations but the lack of human interaction in education leads me to wonder what the lasting effects will be on these students when they are forced into large classes in college and must professionally interact with a professor. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 5:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Kel ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kacie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 5:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA["why don't we just eliminate all people"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rdog]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 6:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[For those that say it wont work because of Supervision. There is NO SHORTAGE of computer whizz kids playing video games all day long un-supervised and are EXCELLENT at them. Its called MOTIVATION. The Children should get to stay at home and do this saving even MORE MONEY and risking less childrens lives. 3 to 5 kids at one house and a 40-50 inch 3D HDTV and one adult of some sort. ALL Classes delivered Via Cable and BILLIONS COULD BE SAVED !!! IT IS THE FUTURE of EDUCATION WORLD WIDE so GET IN STEP & GROW UP]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Monahan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 6:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[Real smart move... take it a step further... save on the computers and put a kid in the room with a book... save on unions, teachers, and any cost to provide a quality education... certainly the kid will read the book...or gee, just send the book home with the kid and you wouldn't even need the school..no discipline problems either .Let's see just how cheap we can get ...maybe not educate the kid at all... after all why have to pay out all that money for trained professionals..<br>I am certain that all the teaching union members are in the top 2% of economy... We better cut that out too. There are plenty of doctors and trained professionals from other countries that could just take the rest of jobs and then we don't need schools ! Look at how much you could save!!!!Education is over rated anyway.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[artzie8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2011 7:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[What other mandates is Miami/Dade County trying to get around so save money?  How about the mandate to provide its children with an education?  Next they will be saving money by telling students to stay at home and log on to the school website.   The citizens of Dade county should insist that the Mamai Dade Officials, that support this approach, should step down from office.  Instead of trying to avoid the mandates they should be working hard to meet them!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cadre500]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 21st 2011 7:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[If the student actually wants to do school and graduate then it's good, if not it's bad. I went to options for youth charter high school from sophomore-graduating. The packets that we get taught us everything, the teachers were just basically the people that file everything. I got almost straight A's and learned more than i ever did in a regular classroom. As my old school gets more advanced i bet they will probably switch to online things like this. as i said the person will have to actually want to help themselves, but honestly that's how it should be, if they don't want to do the stuff and drop out then they'll have a crappy life and it'll be on them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 21st 2011 5:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lazy Florida Schools Replace Teachers With Computers]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2011/01/18/miami-dade-florida-schools-replace-teachers-with-computers/</guid><description><![CDATA[I went to school in Florida, and if the teachers are still like they were when I was going to school, then I bet the computers will actually bring their FCAT scores up!!!  serious talk.......]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rwmflunkie08]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 23rd 2011 4:42PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>