http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2008/10/the-toaster-model/ Technology is neither the problem nor the solution. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.durandus.com/phaedrus/2008/10/the-toaster-model/#comment-1229 Shellae Peters Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:13:50 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2008/10/20/the-toaster-model/#comment-1229 To say the first commenter was angry is a definite understatement. I can see her point but I also saw yours. The kids are all different and they learn differently and we as teachers are supposed to stick them in the same little box (the classroom), teach the same content (apply heat), in the same way (evenly for the same length of time), and get the same outcome (the toast). When you look at it that way, it doesn't make sense at all, does it. It is not a put down on the teachers, instead it needs to be a wake up call for all the bigwigs in the education system. The teachers are putting for the effort but they can't do much if their hands are tied by the bureaucracy of the system (maybe like trying to make the toast and they won't let you plug in the toaster). To say the first commenter was angry is a definite understatement. I can see her point but I also saw yours. The kids are all different and they learn differently and we as teachers are supposed to stick them in the same little box (the classroom), teach the same content (apply heat), in the same way (evenly for the same length of time), and get the same outcome (the toast). When you look at it that way, it doesn’t make sense at all, does it. It is not a put down on the teachers, instead it needs to be a wake up call for all the bigwigs in the education system. The teachers are putting for the effort but they can’t do much if their hands are tied by the bureaucracy of the system (maybe like trying to make the toast and they won’t let you plug in the toaster).

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