MassCUE Technology Leadership Symposium 2007

A long, long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, educational technology held the promise of transforming how teachers teach and how children learn. Skip ahead twenty-five years or so. What is central to our thinking now? Think about the last few conversations you had with your administrators. What did you talk about? One might argue that we had, and still have two tasks to do. First, we have to better understand the evolving pedagogy related to learning with interactive, sometimes intelligent tools nested in a rapidly expanding knowledge base. And second, we have to work with others to help them mount the technology learning curve and apply technological literacy into the curriculum at multiple points. In other words, we have to help teachers incorporate technological tools into the process of inquiry rather than treating technology as a concept outside of their working sphere. When teachers don’t understand how technology, intersects with pedagogy, they undervalue the potential impact of the technology!