...I agree with the point that we need to make the curriculum more engaging for the students to keep them connected to learning by making the curriculum more relevant to their experiences. It is so true that the students lose interest by the time they reach high school. However, I do believe that there is more to it than just them "becoming disconnected". It is more than just an issue of having to do with students not having the opportunity because of "disadvantaged situations". It is also an issue of the attitudes of the students by the time they reach high school grade levels and the overall "attitude" of the society of the younger generation of today that contributes to the disconnectedness of interest in the curriculum today.
Regarding other content of the chapter, I agree that emails open a window of communication for students and faculty. But, I have experienced how emails can be misinterpreted as wrong messages taken by the other party. So often people take the wrong message sent in an email because there isn't a face to face to use as a visual.
I did like the ideas of the Molecular Workbench and the AskNSDL for curriculum. Just think about how that would interest the students to learn more. I do agree, though, that the Bugscope would eliminate the Tactile Learning Experience for the students; which is just as important as the learning itself.
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