What is this Whole School Thing About Anyway?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Dave Cormier: What is this Whole School Thing About Anyway?, Dave’s Educational Blog November 28, 2005

Two strands of thought come together in my mind, and this strand - the question of whether we need education-specific environments (such as the PLE) is one of them. The other is the ongoing discussion circulating around the education blogosphere about schools blocking weblogs and other websites (see here, for example). Both revolve around the same idea: in learning, we want access to the internet, but not necessarily all of it - there's a lot out there that would aid learning, but a lot that, frankly, gets in the way. More...