On page 140 of Milton Chen's Education Nation, Chen describes how a school district in Vail, Arizona, installed wi-fi devices onto all the school buses. He describes this in regards to the Time/Place Edge of Education. This is truly awesome to me, because it shows that the district really cares about their students and want their students to succeed so they installed wi-fi into the buses.
True education never stops beyond the school day. If you see a student outside of school at the grocery store, talk to them and use that opportunity as a teaching moment if you feel so inclined. For instance, say I am teaching the student math, and I see that the student just grabbed a bag of Doritos. I can ask them "If I had a 20 dollar bill, and that bag of Doritos costs 2 dollars, how many bags of Doritos can I buy, and don't forget about tax?"
Granted, if I did this every time I ran into a student, they would probably run far away anytime they see me because they don't want to be put on the spot. But it is an example of true teaching, where learning never stops once the school day and the school week and the school year are over.
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