Family - gotta love 'em. They are moving in and this Grannie could not be happier. But will that take time from my classes at Coursera? It's okay with me, because the classes are free! No pressure to perform, unless I put pressure on me. I will be squeezing hugs out of my grandkids while I am squeezing my time to do as much as I possibly can.
Now, if we could just get some MOOC type classes designed for children. The six-year old is very computer literate, well, rather is electronic equipment literate. Can use that Xbox set up for television, videos, games, Netflix. Good at it, too, creates different Avatars. He has used my Android tablet, too, quite easily. Uses mobile phones. Only six.
I only wish they would design classes for this type of accelerated intelligence. We need to design these classes sooner than later, and not charge for them. I looked into online classes that follow the standards that all the states will soon be using, and it was not really "online," per se. Kids could not just go to an online class and start watching a video and learning. It was more geared toward an interface between the parent and the study materials (and I did review a video, these kids are going to be bored with this material, I'm sorry to say). If a child has been playing hardcore video games and understands how they work, the objectives, goals, he (or she) is going to need more stimulation in their learning process. I am afraid our teachers are not going to be able to keep up and then think the child is not able to do the classroom work, when in reality the child is more skilled and able to learn than the school's standards. Hurts me to think about it. Yes, children need some direction in learning, but people would be surprised at how much they really could learn if we understood their studying capabilities.
So, how about it, Coursera? Why not develop some classes for students that are going to directly design video classes for the children, not the adults? It is time!
Now, if we could just get some MOOC type classes designed for children. The six-year old is very computer literate, well, rather is electronic equipment literate. Can use that Xbox set up for television, videos, games, Netflix. Good at it, too, creates different Avatars. He has used my Android tablet, too, quite easily. Uses mobile phones. Only six.
I only wish they would design classes for this type of accelerated intelligence. We need to design these classes sooner than later, and not charge for them. I looked into online classes that follow the standards that all the states will soon be using, and it was not really "online," per se. Kids could not just go to an online class and start watching a video and learning. It was more geared toward an interface between the parent and the study materials (and I did review a video, these kids are going to be bored with this material, I'm sorry to say). If a child has been playing hardcore video games and understands how they work, the objectives, goals, he (or she) is going to need more stimulation in their learning process. I am afraid our teachers are not going to be able to keep up and then think the child is not able to do the classroom work, when in reality the child is more skilled and able to learn than the school's standards. Hurts me to think about it. Yes, children need some direction in learning, but people would be surprised at how much they really could learn if we understood their studying capabilities.
So, how about it, Coursera? Why not develop some classes for students that are going to directly design video classes for the children, not the adults? It is time!