Ever since computers have been introduced to schools, they've simply provided an evolution to exercises and rote learning.
The transformative, revolutionary potential of the use of computers in education - getting students to think, explore, discover, realize, and synthesize - has not been widely developed.
Unfortunately, this is largely due to how we educate, not how we use computers.
Many of these renewable forms of energy - wind, waves, biofuel - are ultimately solar energy. Even oil, coal, and natural gas are really eons of stored solar energy.
It is the Sun that causes the wind to blow, the plants to grow, and the waves to roll (although the moon helps out here, too).
Whenever energy is transferred to another medium (sun -> wind, for example), some portion of that energy is lost.
Our energy sources boil down to these three: Solar (in all of its forms), Geothermal, and Nuclear
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Ever since computers have been introduced to schools, they've simply provided an evolution to exercises and rote learning. The transformative, revolutionary potential of the use of computers in education - getting students to think, explore, discover, realize, and synthesize - has not been widely developed. Unfortunately, this is largely due to how we educate, not how we use computers.
Many of these renewable forms of energy - wind, waves, biofuel - are ultimately solar energy. Even oil, coal, and natural gas are really eons of stored solar energy. It is the Sun that causes the wind to blow, the plants to grow, and the waves to roll (although the moon helps out here, too). Whenever energy is transferred to another medium (sun -> wind, for example), some portion of that energy is lost. Our energy sources boil down to these three: Solar (in all of its forms), Geothermal, and Nuclear