mel jacobson on sun 29 apr 07
gail phillips passed this to me.
i thought many of you might enjoy reading it.
a bit long...and worth the minutes.
i cannot vouch for the total accuracy, but it has
a thought provoking side.
http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
it is so easy to blame the government
for trends in education.
standard tests etc.
but, most of you have never been to a school
board meeting, answered the phone as a principal.
the forces of change come from parents...demanding
this, demanding that. like...`we have to have a million
dollar hockey dome...` and, they got it.
i came through education when the demand was more
`academics...math and science...writing skill`.
it pushed a great deal of other things aside. the demand
for accountability was very loud. and, now kids are
tested all the time...and judged by the test.
we get what we demand. and, that is not always pretty.
education is like throwing snow balls down a hill.
they pick up steam and turn into monsters by the time
they hit the bottom...and then more and more snow balls
are rolled down the hill. something has to work.
but, very few know that trust, enthusiasm for learning,
the love of being unique is what makes learning work. trust
being the most important.
ask yourself...how much money was spent to make `nintendo`
a major force in the lives of children? they sure got it right.
does not mean it has value.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Gail Phillips on sun 29 apr 07
I can't take the credit - Wayne Seidl emailed it to me first.
- Gail P.
-------------- Original message from mel jacobson : --------------
> gail phillips passed this to me.
> i thought many of you might enjoy reading it.
> a bit long...and worth the minutes.
>
> i cannot vouch for the total accuracy, but it has
> a thought provoking side.
>
>
> http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
>
>
Fonda Hancock on sun 29 apr 07
I don't know whether to be incredibly inspired or terribly depressed by
that video clip..but it certainly makes you think. Maybe it is the
enduring call of art/craft that allows one to take hope that even if we do
build machines that can out-think us, it won't be able to make a pot that
speaks to us.
Fonda in Tennessee
Chris trabka on tue 1 may 07
I don't think we have to be too alarmed/astounded.
In the late 70's I was getting a masters degree in computer science. A
significant topic of papers/discussion was "natural language speach
recognition". At that time they "predicted" that we would have computers
that would be able to be understand speach (provide meaningful dialogue
with a person) within 10 years.
I believe that there are computer systems today that with a bit of training
will understand a limited vocabulary and provide input "I did not quite
understand your response".
Some of the things that we do quite naturally/simply are quite involved.
I'm sure almost all of us can make reasonable cylinder from a pound of
clay, independent of the clay type and moisture content (ask a computer to
do that).
Chris
Jennifer Boyer on wed 2 may 07
In case that video bummed anyone out, clear you palette with this one:
http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture
Thanks Wayne and Gail for this web site. Now I have even more ways to
avoid my paperwork!
Jennifer
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Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, VT
http://thistlehillpottery.com
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