Thank you, Karl Fisch

This semester I taught the College’s School and Society class to our

preservice teachers. This foundations course acquaints students with the

historical, philosophical, sociological, and political aspects of K-12

education. I took the opportunity in our next-to-last class to talk about

educating elementary and secondary students for their future. In their end-of-course reflections, a

number of my students commented about Karl’s

video

:

• What impacted me the most throughout the entire semester was the

seven-minute clip we watched last week called Did You Know?

times, and I can not help but be amazed. I have showed it to many of my friends

and everyone gives the same reaction. I keep asking myself as a math teacher,

“How can I best prepare my students for their futures?”

several friends and posted it on both my Facebook and MySpace pages.

I also received a number of comments such as the following:

• After [Scott’s December 5 lecture], I got into my friend’s car and

couldn’t stop raving about the lecture I had just received. It was one of the

best lectures I have ever been to in my college career.

Bottom line: the message about ‘School 2.0’ resonates with future teachers.

They use technology, they understand the potential. Let’s try not to let reality

disappoint them too much as they enter the K-12 workforce?

Thanks, Karl, for a wonderful resource for the rest of us. When

I said we should be making resources that make a difference

, this is exactly

the kind of thing I meant.