Virtual High School Meanderings

July 22, 2008

McCain and Virtual Schooling

Filed under: 2008 election, John McCain, blog, blogging, blogs, cyber school, education, high school, presidential election, virtual school — mkbnl @ 6:17 pm
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Apparently in United States presidential election news, Republican candidate John McCain announced his plans for education in the past two weeks – and virtual schooling featured prominantly.  Here are a couple of entries from other blogs in the topic:

4 Comments »

  1. McCain is a self-professed tech illiterate. Not sure I would count on anything innovative coming out of his presidency.

    Comment by Scott S. Floyd — July 22, 2008 @ 11:58 pm | Reply

  2. I don’t know if you actually need to be technically literate to be able to understand the power of the Internet and then surround yourself with people who have the technical knowledge to implement the vision. I mean let’s face it, how many US presidents actually understand the military, education, health care, agriculture, big oil, etc. in specific terms. I think most politicians have a slightly better than pedestrian knowledge of the potential or drawbacks of most public policy items and then surround themselves with people who have the level of knowledge required to do the actual work.

    Comment by mkbnl — July 23, 2008 @ 8:12 am | Reply

  3. A quote from a CNN article after one of the earlier debates:

    In Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube debate, Sen. John McCain let slip a fairly stunning admission. The Arizona Republican assured viewers that he wouldn’t need to lean on his vice president, George W. Bush-style, for national security expertise, but might “rely on a vice president” for help on less important issues such as “information technology, which is the future of this nation’s economy.”

    So information tech is less important. Hmm. Global economy. Students lagging behind. Jobs outsourced for tech realm. I would say the president needs to have some understanding about technology. Regardless of the people around you, you could be made to look stupid because your peeps have personal agendas and you are none the wiser. Jut look at what is going on in the White House now. If you depend too much on others, you are the one to take the hit. Sorry, but my president needs to understand technology. Having a computer would be a good start for McCain.

    Comment by Scott S. Floyd — July 23, 2008 @ 10:44 pm | Reply

  4. I think you misunderstood my comments. There is a difference between understanding the value and the potential of something – which I believe McCain does based upon the education vision he presented that included the references to virtual schooling – and knowing exactly how to do it – which I believe the original person who commented is accurate in saying that McCain isn’t the least bit technically savvy.

    Having said that, let me state up front that I’m a Canadian who can’t vote in November and being a Canadian tend to be left of even where the Democrats stand on most issues. My interest is in furthering the cause of virtual schooling and hoping influencing it so that it is done in a manner that is accessible to all students. Out of the two presidential candidates, McCain is the only one who has released an education plan that includes a focus upon this form of schooling. The other side has been largely silent on this issue.

    Comment by mkbnl — July 24, 2008 @ 7:08 am | Reply


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