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[UPDATE] New Sentinel Article (29th April)

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:00 am

londubh

limiting use of high-tech tools in the classroom ...

could this mean mind-enhancing drugs?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:20 am

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dr_ronnieboy[PCGF] · Boot Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 10 Location: London

I think it's probably more to do with using less of their equvalent of computers. For example, instead of learning how to type on a keyboard, learning how to handwrite.

I think the whole "Skills for life" project is a way of getting back to basics, instead of providing a foundation-free schooling system

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:35 am

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londubh

So, a classroom equivalent of the move from photographs to less technological images?

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:37 am

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Since this is the update thread of Perplex City Sentinel, ill post the info here. There's a link in Open Design's portfolio to a subsection of the Perplex City Sentinel to http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/tourguide/
which has information about the tourguide

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:19 am

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That Tour Guide page also gives a list of special events which will be taking place over the next few months...

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:26 am

brat-sampson · Decorated Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Stark

Ooh, free ice-cream for solving the May 1st riddle (mentioned on the tourguide page.) Sounds like fun Smile

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:27 am

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these greatly reminds me of the presidential conference I was watching last night... All about the no child left behind act. Hmm more and more parallels between our and their news... SOme very similar things were talked about, such as how the government will continue with it and how people are divided over it.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:35 am

DDay376

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**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:25 pm

POTUS

Good eye D-Day! Point your SMTP to the Sentinel news@ address - too bad they don't pay Lecks for corrections!

I saw Perplex City Teachers Association and know that we have a GoDaddy site (not yet live) called: http://perplexcityta.com/, I think this was found by someone already, but I think it was specced as "Transit Authority" or some such. With two major distinct characteristics of PC being interdimensional travel, and development of intellect, its a coin-toss over which of these is accurate.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:05 pm

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leakingpen · Decorated Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 187

we have similar here. there are schools that forbid the use of calculators in math until they learn the basics, for instance.

/dont get me started on no child left behind. i work with it daily. ergh. the damage its doing to our future alone should be an impeachable offense.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:45 pm

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Yeah for once I agree with the political banter; the No child left behind act is really just the "drag them along" act.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:55 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:29 pm

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I HATE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND! Evil or Very Mad

Yeah, lets try and fit every single student in this huge diverse nation of ours to a white upper class idea of "normal" Mad

. *slaps president Bush with ninja fly-swatter for being so DUMB*. I agree with webpillar, the actuall controversey and division on the issue does sound similar to the no child left behind act, but not the program itself . The program itself reminds me of the middle school I went to. It was a Waldorf School (founded by someone named Rudolph Stiener) which means they are big on "creativeness" and "a lower stress enviroment" (and very little homework!). I didn't use a calculator till I took the math placement test for high school (ditto for typing a paper on the computer). But the article does seem to fit the parallel news theme they have going.
(sorry 'bout the little rant there. It's generally a good idea not to get me started on NCLB, or President Bush)

**Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 10:41 pm

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DogsHead · Veteran Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Sydney

If it is the Perplex City Teachers Association site, can you just imagine the vibrantly exciting content it will contain? Gosh!
*DogsHead shivers in in anticipation*

**Posted:** Mon May 02, 2005 10:50 pm

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