“The schools of today are basically custodial.  They’re taking care of kids in work hours that are essentially nine to five – when the whole society was assumed to work.  Clearly that’s changing in our society.  So should the timing.  We’re individualizing time: we’re personalizing time.  We’re not having everyone arrive at the same time, leave at the same time.  Why should kids arrive at the same time and leave at the same time?”

Clay’s viewpoints are always insightful.  I haven’t hard him talk about this aspect of education and the change of society’s schedule before.  It’s on The Next Web.

“We have reached a point in educational technology where devices are, for the most part, adaptable.  Most of the programs a school uses throughout a typical day are web-based and hardly anything is stored locally.  …….

the best device a school can roll out is a teacher who can adapt to new and emerging technologies, does not always require formal training for learning and staying current, and is not tethered to a product (PowerPoint) in order to teach.”  So very true.  New blog find - iTeach – Teaching in a Flat World.