Mallus are going gaga over teleclassrooms. And 'Edyounet', a firm based at Kochi, offers this facility that envisages advanced classes in banking, shareholding, CA, graduation, medical and engineering entrance.
It's being suggested as the panacea for the lack of experience in teaching and would enable the learner to keep pace with the advances in knowledge and skills! It'll also bring specialised education imparted from different parts of the country and from abroad by networking through a dedicated path. Students will be provided with a wireless keyboard and mouse coupled with other audiovisual aids to regulate the controls on the large LCD board, through which they can interact with the teachers.
My take.
(a) It's good to assimilate the state-of-the-art technology to revamp classrooms.
(b) However, to think that it would substitute teachers in the long run would not be in the fitness of things.
Nothing like dedicated teachers with a passion for bringing up children
(c) Education has to be value based to equip each child to chose the 'harder right' instead of the 'easier wrong'.
(d) To attract the best in the society into the noble profession of teaching, the teacher's pay and perks need to be redefined.
(e) A student is nurtured within the four walls of the classroom so that the child gets time to pursue sports, games and extracurricular activities after school time. And there's no requirement of a tuition!
Is my thinking Utopian? I'd like to believe not!
It's being suggested as the panacea for the lack of experience in teaching and would enable the learner to keep pace with the advances in knowledge and skills! It'll also bring specialised education imparted from different parts of the country and from abroad by networking through a dedicated path. Students will be provided with a wireless keyboard and mouse coupled with other audiovisual aids to regulate the controls on the large LCD board, through which they can interact with the teachers.
My take.
(a) It's good to assimilate the state-of-the-art technology to revamp classrooms.
(b) However, to think that it would substitute teachers in the long run would not be in the fitness of things.
Nothing like dedicated teachers with a passion for bringing up children
(c) Education has to be value based to equip each child to chose the 'harder right' instead of the 'easier wrong'.
(d) To attract the best in the society into the noble profession of teaching, the teacher's pay and perks need to be redefined.
(e) A student is nurtured within the four walls of the classroom so that the child gets time to pursue sports, games and extracurricular activities after school time. And there's no requirement of a tuition!
Is my thinking Utopian? I'd like to believe not!
Hi Rajeev,
ReplyDeleteYour thinking is not Utopian; but straight, honest and reasonable.
For point (b), there is no effort to substitute teachers, instead, dedicated and passionate teachers are brought to students across the country with the help of technology so that every discerning student can avail his lectures despite being away.
Thanks for a sincere comment on this humble technology venture.
Ram Mohan, Edyounet