I am still very excited about Mitra’s ideas of “school”. When I envision this school of the future (and I hope not distant future) I think the school in the cloud model is one that could have great success. As one person that commented on my reflection indicate she felt that young students still needed that interaction with adults and I agree. Never in my mind do I see students sitting at home taking classes or courses or working on projects without in person interaction. Students still need to come to school everyday. They still need to be adult guidance on a daily basis, it just doesn’t need to be in a 6-8 period traditional setting. I have this vision of a student interacting with “instructional coaches” throughout the day. As high school students have projects that incorporate math, science, language arts and social studies these instructional coaches will guide them in their learning. Life is not compartmentalized into subject areas so why should school? When I was younger I got to attend zoo school. I was chosen to attend school at the zoo for my entire 6th grade year. It was an amazing educational experience and nothing was compartmentalized. It was unique in that subjects was interwoven not taught separate and then we got to enjoy all of these life experiences. This is the school of the future but unfortunately these schools are few and far between - maybe that can change.
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