That's an attractive idea, i guess many have been thinking about. In order to face liability issues, a first suggestion is that gaining confidence of local educational institutions or associations could be of much help. It should be part of your effort to approach sensitive people. Combining our technical offer with a well pondered selection of software applications would surely form a more interesting proposal; Openclassroom http://www.openclassroom.com/ seems to aim just at giving that kind of international support. As far as i know, exploiting software applications in education (not only professional training, i mean) is a rather unexplored field. It could completely upset our educational system. Six months ago I've read a book that has been on the internet for years, "Computers as Tutors" by Frederick Bennett, http://www.cris.com/~faben1/tofc.shtml where the author brings out some unexpected possibilities that could follow. The point that struck me most is about learning at home. Our children spend many hours per day watching tv, totally immerse in movie's, cartoons' and tales' plots. Why not create the same seductive condition to teach history and maths? Developing 'intelligent' software applications could make children spend hours per day, 'lost' in their daily lessons. Are there Open Projects in this field? Relation with teachers/professors (that stay as the only foundation of any educative project, anyway) would reduce to head-to-head meetings, for a few hours a week, but surely more personal, intense and profitable than it is schools, today.
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That's an attractive idea, i guess many have been thinking about.
In order to face liability issues, a first suggestion is that gaining
confidence of local educational institutions or associations could
be of much help. It should be part of your effort to approach
sensitive people.
Combining our technical offer with a well pondered selection of
software applications would surely form a more interesting proposal;
Openclassroom http://www.openclassroom.com/ seems to aim just
at giving that kind of international support.
As far as i know, exploiting software applications in education
(not only professional training, i mean) is a rather unexplored field.
It could completely upset our educational system.
Six months ago I've read a book that has been on the internet for years,
"Computers as Tutors" by Frederick Bennett,
http://www.cris.com/~faben1/tofc.shtml where the author
brings out some unexpected possibilities that could follow.
The point that struck me most is about learning at home. Our children
spend many hours per day watching tv, totally immerse in movie's,
cartoons' and tales' plots.
Why not create the same seductive condition to teach history and maths?
Developing 'intelligent' software applications could make children
spend hours per day, 'lost' in their daily lessons.
Are there Open Projects in this field?
Relation with teachers/professors (that stay as the only foundation
of any educative project, anyway) would reduce to head-to-head meetings,
for a few hours a week, but surely more personal, intense and profitable
than it is schools, today.
Pol
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