{"id":4037,"date":"2014-04-30T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2014-04-30T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T17:11:07","slug":"free-as-in-gift-or-free-as-in-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/30\/free-as-in-gift-or-free-as-in-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Free as in Gift or Free as in Expected?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some years ago I remember a cable channel (Channel One<\/a>) providing educational content was criticized because the content contained ads. I remember my reaction. If content a student viewed at home contained ads, why would content they viewed at school have to be different? At least the educational content was educational.<\/p>\n

Today Google announced (see Google comment<\/a>, EdWeek description<\/a>) there would be no more ads in the free GAFE opportunities for students. I guess I understand the issue – parents may have a position on whether they want their children to be exposed to ads and schools using Google services may not be sensitive to the parents position. I do think it is more complicated than this. Google did provide a way to turn off the ads. Most parents probably don’t care because they allow their children to watch television which offers no on\/off switch for ads. I often describe the reality of education vs. interesting ideas as the challenge of taking ideas that make sense for individuals and struggling to determine how to apply the ideas to a group. Typically, I am describing an idea someone has about a specific instructional idea (coding, making, etc.) that are ideal for some. It seems to apply to what and how we are willing to pay for education as well.<\/p>\n

I wonder if anyone ever thought – we should say thanks to Google for allowing our students\/children to use these valuable services\u00a0without compensating Google. Do we somehow think we deserve such opportunities? Why? (Reminds me of the Chris Anderson book – Free: The future of a radical price<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Some years ago I remember a cable channel (Channel One) providing educational content was criticized because the content contained ads. I remember my reaction. If content a student viewed at home contained ads, why would content they viewed at school have to be different? At least the educational content was educational. Today Google announced (see … Continue reading Free as in Gift or Free as in Expected?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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