The Future Wave of School Volunteerism: Be the Textbook

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Future Wave of School Volunteerism: Be the Textbook
Vicki Davis's heart is in the right place, and her proposal to have people volunteer, via Skype connections, to teach online at a school "in the most impoverished areas" (I assume she means areas in the United States) echoes comments made here and elsewhere to the effect that the future of learning online is one in which every person is a teacher. Here, for example. But why Skype? Why volunteers? And why only the disadvantaged? Education isn't some sort of charity to be meted out by volunteers at their convenience. It is a social necessity. More...