![]() ![]() Why do you think it is important to teach? Maybe, to take one possible example, in an old house. These other modes should probably not be put into practice in a classroom. These other modes are best effected in small groups (either in person or virtual, but ideally small in number). That will sometimes entail teaching, but mostly will entail other modes. What do you think is the purpose of education? I hope he will forgive me the pithy responses. This space could be retrofitted into sixteen seminar rooms, or two or three small houses.Ī brilliant former student, now pondering a career as a teacher, asks a few questions. Crazy? So is talking to your iPhone and getting a response. ![]() And who knows? Maybe Coursera will find a way to give out degrees. Turn your life into a growing patchwork quilt of classes taken, certificates earned. This may be the solution for anyone who wants a do-over on choosing a major, or has finally found the time to dig into something they love but could never fit into a “required” courseload, or it may be the solution for those of us who never wanted college to end. It's too soon to say but I'm saying it anyway. I get to read Emily Dickinson and yes Walt Whitman and even John Cage and I get to write essays and takes quizzes and if it all goes well I will get a certificate of completion. A life of the mind has never seemed so connected to the world. Turns out there are over 3000 of us tweeting on Twitter, and getting responses from our teacher! And he's stoked too. I'm not the only one champing at the bit for Coursera’s Modern Poetry class (or ModPo as dubbed by its professor, Al Filreis). ![]() If only Abbie Hoffman were still alive to see this. () Classes taught at Stanford, Duke, and obviously UPenn. It's an online college (kind of) offering free classes to anyone anywhere. And what is Coursera? Coursera is the new world baby. The class I am about to take, it starts on Monday, is one that is offered by Coursera. But I've never taken a course taught by a UPenn professor, with a class size of 28,000. At Bennington, at Boston University and Breadloaf. The case will be handled in family court.Yes it's true I have studied modern poetry before - in the normal small-class setting. The student with the knife was charged with second- and third-degree assault in addition to fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. During those meetings, the district’s safety and violence prevention director and assistant director “reiterated and emphasized enhanced procedures focusing on the safety and well-being of students, faculty and staff,” Adams said. Security staff and administrators reviewed school security protocols the day after the fight. “We will continue to work with Albany High School and local authorities on an ongoing basis to assure that we have the appropriate security and accountability procedures in place.”ĭistrict officials didn’t respond on Sunday when asked to specify the boosted security measures.īut Adams said students should expect delays during the morning security screening as school personnel “work to fine-tune security processes.” “The safety of students, staff and faculty is absolutely a top priority in our school district,” Adams said. The district’s security staff also worked with police and determined that the knife was not detected during the daily morning security screening, Adams said, which included backpack checks, metal detector screening and the use of security wands. No weapons or other inappropriate materials were found, said Superintendent Kaweeda G. The school briefly went into lockdown before students were dismissed early.ĭuring the break, security staff checked lockers and building grounds at the high school and each of the district’s middle schools. 17 resulted in a student and a staff member who attempted to intervene sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening stab wounds. ![]() The increased measures come after a fight between two 14-year-old students in a stairwell on Feb. ![]()
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