"The Evolving Classroom: Lessons Go Virtual." Schools of Thought RSS. N.p., 27 June 2012. Web. 03 Nov. 2013. This article is mainly about a new website that Eric Westendorf and Alix Guerrier invented called LearnZillion.com. This website helps teachers that need some assistance in teaching their kids, even if they all learn at different paces. Bastien says that “Even with textbooks and years of experience, the best teachers can struggle to find new ways of teaching complex subjects, especially when each student learns differently”, and explains how the new website is like YouTube, where you have to watch a five minute video, as many times as it takes to understand, and then take a little quiz to show that the information has been learned. The idea for this website came from KahnAcademy.org but isn’t non-profit. Most of their funding so far has come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This source can be a very valuable one to me. It gives many different facts about technology in the classroom and how they relate to overall education. The fact that this organization is supported by the Bill Gates foundation really emphasizes how much of an impact this could make in future education. One of the most important counter arguments for this article is that “there have been as many failures and successes” says Bastien. This article represents teachers and professors as the stakeholders. They are an important part of the educational system and hold a big part in the future of education. I can use this article in many different ways because it explains how technology should be used in the classroom, but also uses counterarguments against the…
