The confessions of an educational heretic
Video Studio………………………………………………….……… 152
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- A. HEATH H8 COMPUTER………………………………………....… 237
Video Studio………………………………………………….……… 152Restructuring………………………………………………….……… 153 Help Desk……………………………………………………………. 154 Cisco Systems……………………………………………………….. 155 Concentration……………………………………………………….. 156 XIV. CLASSROOMS TO CAREERS…………………………………….. 157 Affect on Vermont…………………………………………………… 160 Instructors……………………………………………………………. 161 A Center……………………………………………………………… 162
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY…………………….……………. 163 Block Scheduling…………………………………………………….. 164 4 X 4 Plan……………………………………………………………. 165 4 x 4, AB Plan……………………………………………………….. 165 Copernican Plan……………………………………………………… 166 The San Francisco Urban Plan………………………………………. 166 Discussion……………………………………………………………. 166 BBA Mathematics Department………………………………………. 167 Technology and Blocks………………………………………………. 168 Corporate Model……………………………………………………... 169 Corporatization and Democracy……………………………………... 171 The Largest Merger – Again…………………………………………. 174 Time Warner and BBA………………………………………………. 176 Anecdotal Experience……………………………………………….. 176 Public Television…………………………………………………….. 177 The Road Less Traveled……………………………………………... 178 The Psychology of Brands…………………………………………… 179 Scrutiny………………………………………………………………. 182 The Brigham Decision………………………………………………. 183 The Books Get Ads………………………………………………….. 184 Positive Side…………………………………………………………. 185
Ubiquity and Democracy…………………………………………….. 188 Free and Enlightened Inquiry………………………………………… 189 Risk…………………………………………………………...……… 191 Reclamation………………………………………………………….. 194 Live Video Insertion…………………………………………………. 195 Media Manipulation…………………………………………………. 196 The Possibility of the Internet……………………………………….. 199 Depression and the Internet………………………………………….. 200
Ubiquitous Glitching…………………………………………………. 206 XVII. STAFF INTERVIEWS………………………………………………. 210 Chris Kochenour, Science Department Chair……………………….. 213 Ed Latz, Social Studies, Foreign Language Department, Chair……... 216 Robert Leslie, English Department Chair……………………………. 219 Jonathan Canon, Journalism and Publications.………………………. 222 John Sanders, Music and Drama Department Chair…………………. 224 Dan DeForest, Mathematics Department Chair……………………… 226 Carol Casey, Business……………………………………………….. 229 XVIII. CONCLUSIONS AND ENDING WORDS…………………………. 231 Appendix
A. HEATH H8 COMPUTER………………………………………....… 237B. CHANNEL ONE NETWORK LETTER…………………………. 239 C. CHANNEL INVITATION AND FORM…………………………. 240 D. COMMERCIAL ALERT PRESS RELEASE…………………….. 241 E. TECHNOLOGY CENTER SCHEMATIC……………………….. 245 F. CURRENT NETWORK TOPOLOGY MAP………..……………. 246 G. NETWORK TOPOLOGY EXPLANATIONS…………………… 247 H. FACULTY SURVEY ON TECHNOLOGY…………………..….. 249 I. INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY USAGE POLICY…...………. 250 J. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ……………………….…….. 252 K. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN……...……………… 256 L. TIME WARNER ASSETS…………………………...…………… 258 M. MAKING YOUR SCHOOL AN AD-FREE CONE………...…… 260 N. TECHNICAL DEFINITION (amateur radio)…………………….. 263 O. MEAN TECHNLOGY RATINGS.………………………………. 265 P. SMITH CENTER PHOTOS (outside)…………………………….. 266 Q. SMITH CENTER PHOTOS (library)……..……………………… 267 R. SMITH CENTER CLASSROOM PHOTOS..………………….… 268 S. SMITH CENTER LABORATORY PHOTOS..………….………. 269 T. PUBLISHING AND VIDEO PRODUCTION PHOTOS……….... 270 U. DIGITAL CAMERA CREW PHOTO..…………….………….…. 271 V. BURR AND BURTON MAIN CAMPUS PHOTO…………….… 272 W. SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARMENT TEXTBOOKS……………... 273 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………… 274
The completion of this book marks the end of a three-decades-long teaching career. While one chapter in life ends, another begins. I have dreamed far too long of pursuing full-time activist passions within the progressive, labor, civil-rights, peace and social justice movements. Writing this book is a step taken in that direction. “Instructional Facilities and Technologies for Education: Transforming a Rural Secondary School Into the Information Age Toward Technological Ubiquity”, subtitled, “The Confessions of an Educational Heretic”, began in 1997 when I began studies toward a Ph.D. in Information Technology and Distance Education through Greenwich University, Australia. The book examines an independent, though public-serving, private school’s embrace of computer and information technology. Sucked into the aftermath of the globalization vortex made possible by Information Technology, a small Vermont school, its staff and students become participants in the New Media, an enhanced video and technology culture destined to further take over their lives. The world events of the past three years underscore the long grasp of the corporate establishment — a reach as a traditional educator I no longer wish to be a part of. Education’s function is to impart knowledge, teach people how to think, empower the self, encourage self-advocacy and independence of thought, open up the mind to new possibilities, challenge the established paradigm, divergently go where few have dared to tread and to continue to do so over and over again. I am disappointed in traditional education. I am saddened by the lack of enthusiasm for new learning and participatory democracy. I am, however, encouraged through and by non-traditional learning and the renewed national and international interest in activism against globalization, greed capitalism and its destructive consequences. This renewed interest in making life and the world a better place for all prods and encourages me to move on. As astronomer, Ellie Arroway, in the movie Contact said to the national science adviser, “The world is what we make of it.” Download 0.79 Mb. Share with your friends:
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