Comments on: Tell the Raven, Tell the World http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: newman http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1316 newman Thu, 23 Mar 2006 12:26:43 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1316 Doug, Again, great post. Allah be praised, you are out of step. cause trouble today for a better tomorrow Doug,

Again, great post. Allah be praised, you are out of step.

cause trouble today for a better tomorrow

]]> By: Bud Hunt http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1314 Bud Hunt Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:21:50 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1314 Doug, I'm behind on my reading, so forgive the lateness of this comment. You need to know that I totally agree with you on issues of inhuman technology. I don't know Centerpoint, but I know our neighboring districts' versions of it. While I agree with Chris above that openness and access to data is usually a good thing, I wonder about both the message that such information sends as well as the horrendous sucking sound I hear coming from a school or district's coffers when such a system is implemented. Does better access to student grade data improve student performance? Are the parents who are interested in such information usually already the ones who know how to dial the teacher and/or attend a parent/teacher conference? Does a system like Centerpoint help reinforce the idea that it's not the child, or the thinking of the child, or the story the child wants to tell, that's important? That it's really the number of points the student has that is essential to educational success? When they come to ban your server and take you away, I'll be sitting in the next cell over. Doug,

I’m behind on my reading, so forgive the lateness of this comment. You need to know that I totally agree with you on issues of inhuman technology. I don’t know Centerpoint, but I know our neighboring districts’ versions of it. While I agree with Chris above that openness and access to data is usually a good thing, I wonder about both the message that such information sends as well as the horrendous sucking sound I hear coming from a school or district’s coffers when such a system is implemented. Does better access to student grade data improve student performance? Are the parents who are interested in such information usually already the ones who know how to dial the teacher and/or attend a parent/teacher conference?
Does a system like Centerpoint help reinforce the idea that it’s not the child, or the thinking of the child, or the story the child wants to tell, that’s important? That it’s really the number of points the student has that is essential to educational success?
When they come to ban your server and take you away, I’ll be sitting in the next cell over.

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1312 Doug Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:19:32 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1312 Centerpoint was an example of my out-of-steppedness. I guess I was right about THAT. I'm getting tired of being right about that. I heard this system carries a few-hundred-thousand-dollar price tag. It's a question of priorities. Mine are not popular. I know. Every day. Centerpoint was an example of my out-of-steppedness. I guess I was right about THAT. I’m getting tired of being right about that. I heard this system carries a few-hundred-thousand-dollar price tag. It’s a question of priorities. Mine are not popular. I know. Every day.

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1311 Graham Wegner Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:41:47 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1311 Doug, you did admit to "out-of-steppedness" so maybe Centerpoint is what we all need! The issue is also about the appropriate use of precious resources - an information management system is not a small ticket item and what doesn't get on the budget to get funded to make way for the Centerpoints of the world? Doug, you did admit to “out-of-steppedness” so maybe Centerpoint is what we all need! The issue is also about the appropriate use of precious resources - an information management system is not a small ticket item and what doesn’t get on the budget to get funded to make way for the Centerpoints of the world?

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1310 Doug Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:28:35 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/03/12/tell-the-raven-tell-the-world/#comment-1310 OK. I have you down in favor of Centerpoint. OK. I have you down in favor of Centerpoint.

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