What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

Middle school children today think about careers and what they want to be when they grow up just as they did in the previous generation. It's part of the tradition of our educational system. But is it a responsibility of the school system, or should parents and these children's potential employers be handling this kind of education for today's middle-school-age children? For those of you reading this who are already in the work force, do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did this kind of middle school education help you choose your future career?

While it doesn't answer these questions, this streaming video from the Internet Archives (www.archive.org) shows middle school children from the 1970s learning about possible vocations. It might help you remember those days, particularly if yours were as far away as mine sometimes feel. :-)

Here's the link: http://www.archive.org/stream/WhenYouG1973/WhenYouG1973_256kb.mp4

Will online learning be a thing of the past?

As one of the questions posted this week for the students in the "Blogs: New Independent Media" class that I'm taking is about what technology will be like in the future, I thought this blog entry I found to be particularly interesting. So, I thought I'd share it with you. About five years ago it's author published a list about the future of online learning. He's reviewed that list in this blog so we can judge for ourselves just how accurate he was. It's kind of interesting. But if he can be right, then we students have a good chance of seeing our predictions come true as well.

Here's the link to the Technlearning Blog of Feb. 21, 2006: http://www.techlearning.com/blog/main/archives/2006/02/classroom_of_th.html;jsessionid=P13S2OHO1XMN2QSNDBCCKHSCJUMEKJVN

No Child Left Behind

The "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act was designed to help all students do better in public schools. It was passed by Congress in 2001, and has had its share of controversy ever since.

If you aren't familiar with the details of the NCLB Act, you can read the Act at: http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html.) Many support the Act but oppose what they see as insufficient funding. And people are beginning to share their opinions online via blogs.

The NSBA (National School Boards Association) is one of those who has put up a blog to talk about the NCLB Act, and share its opinion with others. You can read their blog at: http://boardbuzz.nsba.org/.

The American Federation of Teachers has its own NCLB-related blog as well. You can read it at: http://www.letsgetitright.org/

So, what's your opinion of what is going on with the NCLB Act? Want to share it and see what others think as well? Then...

Please take this "No Child Left Behind" related poll and share your opinion! Just click the link below.

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