Yes! I hope so. STW has had some interesting effects. I'll be brief. I
attended a stw conference a couple of years ago at Long Beach. It was
quite exciting the way the folks were talking about the integration of real
contexts from community and work that would help to make relevant the
things the students were learning. Folks seemed to take Dewey's ideas
seriously. There seemed to be some real promise for kids to learn
something that would help them get good jobs without a college degree,
something that is out of reach of many. A couple of projects at TERC have
been working in this direction. Here is one:
Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
Technology in Education
Lesley College, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
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"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself
and watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]