Hey Luisa, I enjoyed your post—this issue is important to me too. I understood Obama to be saying that, despite what typically happens (kids whose parents went to college, those kids tend to complete college too), is no longer happening. Suggesting there might be a problem that is bigger than the individuals, that something in the structure of education is making students feel less engaged in learning. However, I also think that privilege, mostly a lack of awareness of one’s privilege, can certainly contribute to this too. I have always wondered why students would take out loans, or pay some other way, for classes and then loathe every second of it.

Hi Sogand, I loved the reference to John Warner—that teachers should be catalysts of learning rather than conduits of information. Digital media seem as though they would perpetuate the practice that understands teachers to be the latter, but how do you imagine digital media helping teachers be more of a catalyst over a conduit of information?

Hi Mary—I liked your post too. I wish quality teaching was more rewarded. Do you think that integrating digital learning in the classroom might offer some solutions to some of the barriers you mentioned that that teachers face?

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