Education

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 * 1. During the renaissance, people were constantly studying and learning about new technologies. Are we seeing any developments of new technologies in Calgary? Specifically, are we seeing any developments of technologies that will improve education?**

In response to the whether Calgary possess developments of new technologies that will improve education to make it a Renaissance city, Candice Saar believes that we do. Specially, further, in this sense, she believes that it depends on what you’re using the technologies for. For example, if you were using a computer to do simple world processing and to search on the Internet, it doesn’t make much difference in education. Where it really makes a difference is where you use technology to create new knowledge or to invent things. She states, “So when you make movies, when you use simulations, when you use a program like sketchup to create or design building, or design parks, or design something. I think that’s where we can see improvements in education. But just by dumping computers in schools doesn’t in by itself improve education. We’ve had computers in schools for 30 years and it doesn’t make any difference to the learning of kids unless you’re asked to do something that requires imagination, that requires you to think deeply about concepts that you’re learning.” By this she means that we can see improvements in education when we create things using the programs on our computers, but just dumping computers into schools doesn’t improve education unless you’re asked to do something that requires imagination and requires you to think deeply about concepts.


 * 2. In the renaissance time, education developed from the church clerics reading excerpts from the bible, to guilds of people sharing knowledge with each other. Are there groups like guilds in Calgary? Specifically, are there smaller groups of people who come together and share knowledge on a regular basis?**


 * 3.During the time of the Italian renaissance, people started to look at education in a more important view. Do you see any change in the education systems, and how much attention we pay to the importance of our children’s educational future?

In response to seeing change in educational systems, and how much attention we pay to our education these days, our expert Candice Saar explained that she sees the same amount of importance is being shown towards education as we did before, but now we just lost a couple of things that we thought was important, but in reality wasn't or isn't needed any longer such as spelling and grammar. We don't need to be taught spelling, and grammar as much because we now have the tools to automatically fix these problems. **


 * 4. At the time of the Italian renaissance, the curriculum promoted a more well rounded education with subjects being poetry, moral philosophy, history, grammar, and rhetoric. Do think the curriculum of our schools have changed for the better? Why or why not?**