tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post6770603219201593698..comments2023-11-16T18:28:45.786+08:00Comments on Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian: RICE 2008, 10 & 11 March (part 4)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-80213347460151706692008-03-21T14:39:00.000+08:002008-03-21T14:39:00.000+08:00Hey Wendell, I suppose it's semantics. Or most lik...Hey Wendell, I suppose it's semantics. Or most likely I didn't fully convey the context of the talk. In anycase, I thought the question (while loaded) was a nice way to make the audience think about how technology has been applied, as well as the definition of 'Teaching', 'Education' and 'Learning'. <BR/><BR/>You know of more librarians who ramble, huh? LOL. You gotta let me know who they are, 'cos birds of a feather would love to flock together!Ivan Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727226573817276108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424038.post-71504996561334715592008-03-21T03:33:00.000+08:002008-03-21T03:33:00.000+08:00Hmmm... interesting thought at the end of your pos...Hmmm... interesting thought at the end of your post.<BR/><BR/>Still, I think there is a fundamental confusion here between "education" and "schools / schooling."<BR/><BR/>When will technology transform education - never or always. People learn. If you give them cell phones and computers, they probably learn in different ways, and about different things.<BR/><BR/>When will tech. transform schools? Probably never.<BR/><BR/>In our gov't sponsored adult basic education classes, computers were introduced to standardize the curriculum (make sure everyone had an "equal" education), and make data tracking easier for managers. Here, technology added to facilitators' sense of constriction and constant scrutiny (by accounts - literally).<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, my classes - somewhat illicitly - are enriched by ideas and ambitions I pick up from rambling librarians (some, halfway around the globe!).<BR/><BR/>Of course librarians are educators. Thankfully, they're not school teachers, and the library is still a place kids and adults alike can go to learn without being judged, ranked or imposed upon.Wendell Drydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553873036366356241noreply@blogger.com