Comments on: Thing 4 http://kchichester.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/thing-4/ Trying to Integrate Technology into HS English & Special Education Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:15:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karen Chi http://kchichester.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/thing-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Karen Chi Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:32:00 +0000 http://kchichester.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/thing-4/#comment-7 I have the same fears that you do about the new HS requirements. Heck, I couldn't have passed Algebra II when I was in HS. I'm doing just find in this new age. I have the same fears that you do about the new HS requirements. Heck, I couldn’t have passed Algebra II when I was in HS. I’m doing just find in this new age.

]]> By: Jim Dornberg http://kchichester.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/thing-4/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jim Dornberg Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:29:00 +0000 http://kchichester.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/thing-4/#comment-5 In one of my presentations on Web 2.0 and 21st century teaching and learning, I show a picture of my dad and my 2 sons. My dad never graduated from high school. He served in WWII, and when he came home he got a job with GM and worked there for 30 years. We weren't rich, but he earned enough to buy a car and a home. Contrast that with my sons' generation. Even with a college degree, they will have a hard time keeping the same job for 30 years.<br/><br/>I know the new HS graduation requirements are good for the colleges and universities, but I also worry that with such an emphasis on core subjects and high stakes tests, we will see an increasing percentage of students (those who aren't good at playing school) become even more frustrated and likely to drop out. In one of my presentations on Web 2.0 and 21st century teaching and learning, I show a picture of my dad and my 2 sons. My dad never graduated from high school. He served in WWII, and when he came home he got a job with GM and worked there for 30 years. We weren’t rich, but he earned enough to buy a car and a home. Contrast that with my sons’ generation. Even with a college degree, they will have a hard time keeping the same job for 30 years.

I know the new HS graduation requirements are good for the colleges and universities, but I also worry that with such an emphasis on core subjects and high stakes tests, we will see an increasing percentage of students (those who aren’t good at playing school) become even more frustrated and likely to drop out.

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