Well the semester is rapidly coming to an end. Spring fever appears to have set in with many of us. The final readings took a look at the future -- the future of technology and the future of the IDT profession. Merrill's article decried the lack of solid empirical research in the field.
A couple of weeks ago the hot topic on the discussion board was the dreaded annual achievment tests. I was surprised at the resistance to any accountability. The practicing teachers didn't like anyone evaluating their progress. When an educational system is failing as badly as ours in the US the educational establishment loses the right to self-regulation. NCLB is not perfect. It may even be poor. But it is a start! If the education business doesn't like the evaluation methods, "send forth your champion" into the arena to battle the terrible federal regulators. If we know so much more about education than the regulators, then let's show it by creating appropriate and effective tests that can validate that real learning is in fact taking place.
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