The truth is technology has raced way ahead of the pace of change in our education system and no amount of catching up and getting people to “hop on” the bandwagon will get us there.
While lot of attention has been paid to the technology for bringing the children on board (eg., OLPC) , most have missed out the bigger picture of knowledge delivery hierarchy and the web of exams and evaluations that holds it together today. So if any solid change in the view towards technology needs to happen, it needs to start at the point of delivery while parallely working at getting a sympathetic ear from the system. Alan Kay in the last portion of his talk (starting at 18.25min) at TED points out how they can make 5 million of the $100 laptops to give away but to explore the depths of the learning software loaded on it, they won’t be able to produce a 1000 mentors over the same period. It is the same problem that we are facing today. The children born in today’s world are “digital natives” and the teachers are “digital immigrants”. If we are to lead the children through depth and ingenuity, there needs to be a platform to empower the teachers. That is exactly where Ariem is going.
At Ariem we strongly believe in simplifying the access to information for all, including the teachers.Using our product, RazorBee Teacher’s Aid, the teachers can access information available on the internet and use it in their classrooms to deliver audio/video content.
We attempt to overcome several barriers in the process of technology adoption in the teaching process ranging from complex operating systems to non-intuitive user interface while accessing information on the internet to the level of technological know-how required to deliver audio/visual content in a classroom.
Keep reading this blog, we will be uploading glimpses of how we empower teachers to create engaging learning experiences.
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Rightly said , Another major issue is , How teachers are going to adapt to the change. In a Class of say 1 hour per day or 4 hours per week, How intelligently and creatively he/she will be able to use the technology in the best way, to bring the change in classroom experience.
Major requirement is hassle free , less time consuming and easy to understand type of technology. Where technology does all the difficult part and teacher concentrates on delivering the lessons and engaging the class and bringing up the interest in the subject.
Comment by sathvik — January 29, 2010 @ 12:52 AM