Assembly Lyin’

The mass production assembly line transformed manufacturing.  The model also allowed education to scale up to the massive influx of students who entered our schools during the last century.  How else could the one room schoolhouse adapt to the needs of a growing population seeking universal education?  Year levels, content areas, standards and extrinsic motivators help move children of the huddled masses from illiteracy to a graduation rate of 70%.  But with a culture whose technology and ethos accentuate the choices available to every individual, treating humans like cogs may limit, constrain and filter more than educate.  The theme of The iPod & the Assembly Lyin’ focuses on developments that show technology-supported personalzized learning offers advantages over factory schooling.

Read recent posts on the theme of The iPod & the Assembly Lyin’