I read an article titled, “The Three X’s” by Idit Harel, who is the founder and CEO of MaMaMedia Inc. It was interesting to read how the traditional “Three R’s” being reading, writing and arithmetic have some what evolved and teachers and students alike are now becoming familiar with a new set of skills which Harel refers to as the “Three X’s”: eXploring, eXpressing and eXchanging.
In the article Harel goes on to discuss each skill in slightly more detail and further more throughout the article the reader is given helpful hints on how to get started in each of the ‘Three X’s’. There are links within the article to great websites that are not only fun and interactive but also provide students with a great tool to use technology.
Although I agree that these new skills are indeed valuable and should be taken onboard, I also believe strongly that the traditional three R’s should not be discarded. Both sets of skills should be incorporated together to form a strong, rich method of learning. The traditional three R’s provide students with needed skills to understand the basics whereas the three X’s can be used as the next step to their learning, taking it to that next level.
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