“What we’re moving toward,” Horn says, “is the realization that if our expectation is to educate every single child successfully, then we need structures that can individualize and personalize, and there’s no way to do it in the way we have historically approached this.” ( Davis ) We need options. It seems that digital access offers learners the freedom and resources they need to maximize their learning potential. But, what about those among us for whom the digital age symbolizes a loss of the tactile and a disconnect with the real world around us? Aside from the reams of information and entertainment offered by Internet access, the increasingly sedentary lifestyle partly attributable to our global addiction to the screen – what about the learner who just doesn’t connect with computers? What about the notion of Nature Deficit Disorder? What about all of the research and writing that went into books like ...
Attempts to track some of the models available beyond the the traditional classroom. We have other options. What are they? Please comment, question, criticize. Your input is welcome.