In Defense of the Textbook? FNO May '97

["Mckenzie, Jamie" <jmckenzie@MSMAIL.BHAM.WEDNET.EDU>]

                         In Defense
                                of
                          Textbooks,
                            Lectures
                           and Other
                              Aging
                         Technologies

You will find the free May issue of
FROM NOW ON - THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
at http://fromnowon.org

Brief excerpt . . .

           The old technologies still have a place
               in the classroom. We can ill afford to
               throw away the textbook or banish the
               lecture. They serve a purpose. They
               filter, they focus, they organize and
               they deliver complex subjects like U.S.
               history and biology in manageable,
               digestible chunks and bites.

               The challenge facing schools in an Age
               of Information is finding the right
               balance between these time-honored
               delivery systems and the more
               student-centered learning styles which
               are made possible by the new
               information technologies . . .

Best wishes,
Jamie McKenzie
Editor