A World Where Grades Will Be Left Behind
This article talks about education in the next 30 years. Everything will be done over the computer, and education will be free. It explains in great detail how technology will take over the classroom. He starts off in a deep thought into the future of education. He wants to teach the students more learning skills so they will be able to understand instead of just memorizing. He goes on about the "failure of the education system" --wont exist! Rather, students will take as much or as little time as they need to demonstrate mastery of a particular skill or concept. He believes this will change the way teaching is been taught for example, "Education will respond to you".
I like most of his points about this article. I agree that grades hinder learning. Grades do become the focus and the goal, not the learning. I do not believe we should completely take away grades. Grades show a teacher where he or she stands in a particular concept. Thrun said, “they aim to make online college education as cheap as a cell phone bill." I would love to see education only cost that much in the future but that is if it really does happen. Mr. Thrun may not have the answer but at least he recognizes the problem. We do need to evolve away from the old education models, but I still highly believe in having a teacher test a student on their knowledge. To me there is more to education than homework and technology.
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