Of Cannibals is an essay, one of those in collection Essays, by Michel de Montaigne, describing the ceremonies of the Tupinamba people in Brazil. In his work, he uses cultural relativism and compares the cannibalism to the “barbarianism” of 16th century Europe. In the essay, Montaigne criticizes civilized man for too readily judging others to be barbarians while ignoring their own barbarous actions or at least the barbarity of their own societies. This criticism is worthy of consideration and hopefully provokes one to self-reflection. However, in his defense of so-called barbarous peoples, he goes too far, defending even reprehensible acts of murder. He turns the term “barbarian” into a badge of honor.
opportunities not relating or limited to distance education, use of Internet and technologies for education, transformation into a two-way education system and much more. With introduction of distance education and IT to education, it has not only helped students learn more but it has also helped them learn more than what they actually need and what is actually helpful to them in near future.
Major Point 1: Adapting to 21st Century Technology.
The advancement and easy availability of technology have left the previous ways of education and learning obsolete and orthodox. The rise of technology has rather made the previous education system primitive. According to Tony Wagner, it is now time to overthrow the obsolete teaching and preach the gospel of 21st-century learning. It is time for the teachers to train students in 21st-century skills and ideas and make them ready to thrive in the fast-changing world. The target of 21st century learning is to fabricate limit in zones that advance a flexible society able to adequately adjust to fast change. It speaks to a move in emphasis from the guidance of certainties to a model which centers around abilities, for example, basic reasoning, character, innovativeness, advancement, just as computerized and PC education.
Some visible changes and reforms in the Education System are termed as below:
• New learning technologies
Adapting to new changes, include bringing in new technology and being grateful to the inventors, we have immense new ways to share and gain knowledge and information.
The innovation and practicality of certain gadgets and gizmos introduced in the classrooms has completely changed the way students and teachers learn. Some of them are mentioned below:
1. Flash Notes: Flash notes allows students to shares notes, it is also the online marketplace where students can buy and sell their notes so it is useful to other students.
2. Lesson Cast: This technology is invented specifically for the teachers. It provides help and support with the lesson plans and the course outlines by submitting a 2-minute strategy or an idea using video, ppt or documents, etc. and share it with other instructors.
3. Glogster EDU: This allows students to display their research creatively. It is a platform which allows students to collage pictures, text, video and custom graphics to create an eye-pleasing presentation. And they are easy to make and share too.
4. Knewton: This technology aims at customizing content for ideal learning. It monitors student’s activity and uses that particular information to give them the rightful resources based on their level of compatibility. This software grows more deeper, the more the student uses it. It can follow a student through their entire career.
5. Live Binders: Using the idea of pinning and bookmarking, these ring binders allows teachers and instructors to collect and organise resources for their study plans. It also helps students who are collecting huge amount of resources for a big project as they are easy to browse and share.
