Ten years ago, only about 10 percent of public school classrooms in the United States were connected to the Internet, wireless technologies in schools were virtually nonexistent, and many educators were resistant to the use of technology in their classrooms. Now, more than 90 percent of public school classrooms are connected to the Internet, wireless technologies are taking off in schools, and teachers and administrators are using a host of new learning technologies, such as digital whiteboards, blogs, wikis, and handheld computing devices. In addition, the use of technology to collect and analyze student achievement data has increased dramatically.
While I frequently bitch about the wrong-headedness of schooling , many of my complaints target the schools of yesteryear. I’ms fighting the ghosts of my own schooling in Virginia, Arkansas, and Texas more than forty years ago.
Computers? Internet? When I entered grade school, computers ran on vacuum tubes, whipping was commonplace, and all my classmates were white. Things have changed. So I was happy when my pal David Grebow forwarded this invitation.
Technology Counts 2007: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
When: Friday, November 17, 12 p.m., Eastern time
Where: http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a156100a390753379a1
Submit questions in advance here:
http://enews.edweek.org/GoNow/a15864a156100a390753379a0
Join our distinguished guests for this live Web chat to talk about how
the use of educational technology has changed in K-12 schools over the
past 10 years.
This is also your opportunity to ask our panel how they think the use of
educational technology has changed since the release of our first
“Technology Counts” report, and also to weigh in on how you think
technology has affected teaching and learning. Your questions and
comments will help inform our reporting for the 10th anniversary issue
of the report, to be released in March 2007.
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It’s not so bright here in New Brunswick. Internet access is mostly available in the designated “computer labs”, nothing is wireless and many teachers see information and communication technologies as evil. One teacher calls her laptop a “ball & chain”. I’ve even offered free consulting on the use of the web for learning to the local teachers, but so far no takers.
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