Published On: November 2nd, 2014|

The Huffington Post – Keith M. Parsons

“You remember the great teachers because they touched something inside you. They opened vistas and cleared new pathways. They made your world larger and richer. Can you get that same experience from a computer? Teaching, when it is done the way it should be, is a performance — every bit as much as playing Hamlet. More so, in fact. An actor has to create a convincing character. The good teacher has to ad lib, improvise, read body language, deal with unanticipated questions, and change the pace, tone, or content depending on how the class is responding.” (more)