Most recent public comments by Kesha Mathis https://nowcomment.com/users/14127 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048375 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048375 Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:09:09 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048254 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048254 I would agree that “trades teachers for technology” is overzealous because their will still have to have certified teacher to assist those students when he/she needs them. I would feel that it would cost more to fund these type of programs but not for the teachers. Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:24:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048253 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048253 The only questions that I would have about this statement is: What state were this study complete, what was the sample size of the study, and what was the circumstance of the students that were in the K-12 program? All of these things play a enormous part of student learning. Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:51:53 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/106075?scroll_to=1048252 Jesse, I agree with you 100%. I would also add students who for some reason are aging out of the school system and student that have a specific learning disability. I have experienced both type of students. These students were offered a virtual learning class which help them work and learn at their own pace. I do think that there should be more students given the opportunity to this type of learning environment. Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:07:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/33800?scroll_to=337874 https://nowcomment.com/documents/33800?scroll_to=337874 Why should everything be instants? What happen to having a processing stage. Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:18:58 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/33800?scroll_to=337873 https://nowcomment.com/documents/33800?scroll_to=337873 Imagine a time when grading papers becomes less laborious for professors and instructors, more instantaneous with feedback, and more encouraging and useful in engaging the desire of student writers to improve their writing be it essays, essay responses or other types of writings. Well, thanks to enterprise EdX, founded by Harvard and the University of Massachusetts, this idea is becoming more realized. EdX has created a software that can instantaneously review and respond with results to students on their written assignments. The software is showing promise. This article discusses much of the technical details of what the software is designed to do. The article also discusses the debate on the viability of such software. Parties oppose and support the idea of this software. Many of the opposition come from very prestigious universities including M.I.T. like Les Perelman who is a researcher for the institution. All parties agree that the software is imperfect and needs work, as similar software has been intentionally fooled by intentionally bogus work. However, the reasons for opposition and support vary vastly. Opponents believe that such software will not and does not equate to the efficiency, effectiveness, and accuracy of a human grader. Supporters believe the software can be trained and improved upon, it relieves the load of the instructor allow them to focus on other tasks, and it encourages students to continually resubmit their work to get better grades. The software can be programmed based on the instructor's requirements to give an assessment on the writing. In my opinion, the software, while not perfect, does show promise in that it can be improved on much like GPS can now show results with the least traffic or without tolls, or how ATMs can count check and dollar amounts at the ATM. I believe the software will help individuals learn to write better because they are receiving instant feedback instead of having to wait for the teacher to grade and having to remember what they wrote and all the added time it takes to learn and grow in writing skills. I think this software can also be grown to be better than human graders. Even teachers forget lessons and concepts about great writing but computers don't. Again, while not perfect, this viable because it does have concrete promise. Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:59:03 -0400