Comment on Open: A tool for teachers to create and share lessons with their studentsparentComments−pflats15yTrue, but software isn't going to solve that. (Note: I am a classroom teacher.)Teacher to student lecturing happens for a combination of three reasons:1. The teacher believes it's the best way to present the material.2. Generally, a lecture is easier to prepare (and easier to keep on task) than any other form of instruction.3. To the average person (and many administrators) a classroom full of children sitting silently in rows, all taking notes, looks "right".
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True, but software isn't going to solve that. (Note: I am a classroom teacher.)
Teacher to student lecturing happens for a combination of three reasons:
1. The teacher believes it's the best way to present the material.
2. Generally, a lecture is easier to prepare (and easier to keep on task) than any other form of instruction.
3. To the average person (and many administrators) a classroom full of children sitting silently in rows, all taking notes, looks "right".