Coding with Fountain Pens

There is a debate about whether students should be ‘brought into the future’, and educated with tests such as “find this information on the internet”, instead of rote memorization, for instance espoused in this Seth Godin post.

While we want students to be able to find information on the internet or in a library, I don’t think relying on this exclusively is a great idea. This is exactly the kind of thinking that leads to the “x% of students can’t find Atlantic Ocean on a map” issue. Basic knowledge about the world is something you don’t always have time to go and look up. I think one of the important inputs to finding information quickly is already having a significant base of knowledge to draw on for context and understanding.